from the Dead Sea and North-western Arabia. 
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46. Pterocles senegallus. 
Pterodes senegallus Tristr. Pal. p. 122 ; Grant, Cat. B. 
xxii. p. 14. 
At one place in N.W. Arabia, where there was water near 
the surface, I saw countless numbers of Senegal Sand- 
grouse. This was at a well between the Oasis of Tebuk 
and Jauf. 
47. Caccabis chucar. 
Caccabis chucar Tristr. Pal. p. 123 ; Grant, Cat. B. xxii. 
p. 113. 
a. A . Wadi Mojib, E. of Dead Sea. 29 April, 1909. 
The Chucar Partridge is found in great numbers in the 
rough hill-country on the east of the Dead Sea and through¬ 
out N.W. Arabia wherever there are hills. On the 27th of 
April the young were hatched, but the old birds still kept in 
large coveys and were seldom seen in pairs or singly. 
The common native name for the Chucar in Syria is 
“ Hajal,” but in the country east of the Dead Sea it is called 
“Shinnar,^ whilst the little Sand-Partridge, which is unknown 
in Syria, is called by the name of “ Hajal.” 
48. Ammoperdix heyi. 
Ammoperdioc heyi Tristr. Pal. p. 123; Grant, Cat. B. xxii. 
p. 125. 
b. A. Wadi Zerka Main, E. of Dead Sea. 25 April, 
1909. 
c. $ . Wadi Zerka Main, E. of Dead Sea. 27 April, 1909. 
d. $ . S.E. shore of Dead Sea. 1 May, 1909. 
Hey's Sand-Partridge is common in the Jordan Valley and 
Dead Sea Depression. It is seldom met with above — 500 ft. 
Its northward range is limited by the region of Beisan, 
about fifteen miles south of the Sea of Tiberias. 
In the Arabian deserts I also found it wherever there were 
hills, and there it lived at a higher altitude. 
The birds breed early in May, and it is noteworthy that 
even whilst breeding they still retain the habit of going in 
coveys rather than in pairs. Sometimes they are to be seen 
in company with the Chucar Partridge. 
