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PALLAS’S SAND-GROUSE. 
Syrrhaptes Palladi — Temminck. 
PLATE XXni. 
Tetrao paradoxa, Pallas Heteroclite grouse, Latham 
Heteroclite Pallas, Syrrhaptes Pallasii, Temminelt, Pi- 
geons et Gallinaces ; PI. Coloriees^ 95 — Delanoue., Diction- 
naire Classiijue d'llistoire Naturelle, viii. p. 182. 
The entire lengtii of this curious bird, figured by 
Temminck, was scarcely nine inches, of which the 
very long tail feathers occupy three ; hut the speci- 
mens procured by M. Delanoue from the borders of 
China, were above eleven inches, exclusive of the 
tail, which was above three. The colours of these 
birds were much more brilliant also, and he is of opi- 
nion that the subject of our plate was a young male 
of small size. The plumage is generally of the brown- 
ish yellow tint, the common colour of the whole ; 
upon the back and wings of a clearer and more yel- 
low tint than on the other parts. Across the lower 
part of the breast, the feathers have a hlack band 
at the tip, which forms a bar across ; and upon the 
centre of the belly there is another broader band 
of brownish-black. The feathers on the hack are 
