THE 
SAND PARTRIDGE. 
Generic Character. 
Bill convex, short. 
Spot near the eyes, either naked, granulated, 
or but sparingly covered with feathers. 
Specific Character, &c. 
Yellowish-grey PARTRIDGE with the abdo¬ 
men, vent, and collar (of the male) black. 
Sand Grouse. 
Lath. syn. 2. p. 751. 
This species seems to have been first accurately 
described by the celebrated Dr. Pallas, in the 
Petersburg Transactions. Its size exceeds that of 
a common partridge, and its habit resembles that 
of the Alchata : the bill, which is more slender 
than in the partridge, is of a blueish ash-colour, 
with a black tip : the eye-lids naked, pale, and 
beset with slight yellowish papillae round the edges : 
the brows covered with feathers: the head, in the 
male, of a whitish ash-colour, the crown being 
clouded as far as the neck with yellowish grey ; the 
throat 
