THREE-BANDED SAND-GROUSE. 223 
In the male, the front is white, crossed hj a broad 
black hand just before the eyes ; this hand is con- 
tinued as a black stripe over the eye, hut it is inter- 
rupted at its base by a large white spot on each side ; 
the crown and nape is ochre with a pear-shaped 
spot of black down each feather. From the nape to 
the commencement of the interscapulars the ochre 
colour has a faint greenish tinge, but without any 
markings ; the interscapulars are then crossed by 
bars of black, three on each feather, the broadest of 
which is at the tip ; the rest of the back, rump, and 
upper tail-covers, have bands of different breadths, 
which gradually become stronger and more defined 
tts they approach the tail. The scapulars and ter- 
tials are banded on a rufous ground, but the margins 
all round are pure fulvous. The ground colour of 
the whole of the wing-covers and the tertials, as well 
as several of the lesser quills on their outer webs, is 
uniform fulvous. The lesser covers have no bands, 
but beyond these commences a series of transverse 
black stripes, very distinctly marked, which gradu- 
ally increase in breadth, and traverse in an oblique 
direction all these feathers ; most of these bars have 
a narrow whitish edging, and some of these are 
glossed with a bluish purple tinge ; the remainder of 
the lesser quills are deep black but the greater quills 
are brown. The tail is rounded, the feathers rather 
broad, and crossed by black bars, similar to the tail- 
covers, and of which there are about ten on each 
feather ; the last is the broadest, and is placed a 
little way from the tip ; the under covers are like 
