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Sub-family Geopeliinw. 
1752- (1315) 
Qeopelia striata striata. Tine Barred Ground- 
Dove. 
Columba striata Linn., S. N., i., p. 282 (1766), {East 
Indies). 
S. Burma and Siam, Malay Peninsula. 
Order PTEROOLETES. 
1753- (1316) 
Family Pteroclidae. 
Pterodes orientalis. The Large, Imperial, or 
Black-bellied Sand-Grouse. 
Tetrao orientalis itww., (S.iS'., 7., 161 (1758), {“In 
Oriente. ”). 
N. Africa, S. Europe, Asia to N. W. India. 
•754. (1317) 
Pterodes indicus. The Painted Sand-Grouse. 
Tetrao indicus Gmel., S.N., i., ii., p. 575 (1789) 
{Coromandel Coast). 
West, North-West and Central India. 
• 755. (1318) 
Pterodes lichtensteini arabicus. The Arabian 
Close-barred Sand-Grouse. 
P. 1. arabicus Neion., Orn. Monastb, p. 152 (1909), 
{Lahadj, S. Arabia). 
S. Arabia to India W. of the Indus. 
• 756 . (1319) 
Pterodes coronatus atratus. The Coronetted 
Sand-Grouse. 
P. c. atratus Hartert, Bull., B.O.C., Peb. 1902 
{East Persia). 
Syria, Arabia, Persia to N.W.India and to Mhow. 
*, 757 . (1320) 
pterodes alchatus caudacutus. The Large Pin- 
tailed Sand-Grouse. 
Tetrao caudacutus Gmel., Reise de Russ., Hi., p. 93 
(1774), {N. Persia). 
S. Russia and Western Asia to N. W. India to 
Delhi and Sambhar. 
1758 . (1321) 
Pterocies senegalensis erlangeri. The Common 
Indian Sand-Grouse. 
P. exustus erlangeri Neum., Orn. Monatsb., p. 154 
(1909), {Lahadj, S. Arabia). 
S. Palestine, S, Arabia to India. S. to Travan- 
core, E. to Bengal. 
• Sclater, Bull, B.O.C., xlii., p. 73, 1922, has shewn that Pteroclurns is only a 
synonym for Pterocics. I do not propose to separate the two genera but to retain 
all the species under Pterodes. 
