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THE CORONETTED SAND GROUSE. 
Pterocles coronatus. Native name : Katinga , Sind. 
Habitat —A comparatively rare visitor to Sind. 
Description. —Male—sides of forehead black, middle of forehead white, 
crown cinnamon colour, completely surrounded by a broad coronet of grey ; 
throat, sides of head and neck collar, yellow. Upper plumage brown. Wing 
quills dark brown, middle tail feathers fulvous, the other feathers fulvous with 
black bars and white tips. Belly and sides buff, breast tinged with grey, fea¬ 
thers under the tail white. 
Female—every portion of upper plumage fulvous, barred with dark slaty. 
The entire throat is pale yellow. In other respects it is like the male. 
Length, 11 inches ; wing, 7 inches ; tail, 3 inches. Weight, 8 oz. 
THE INDIAN PAINTED SAND GROUSE. 
Pterocles jasciatua. Native names : Pahari bhut titur, Bhut bun y U. P.; 
Calkif Belgaum ; Handeri , S. India ; Sanda palouka , Tel. : Butma t Kurku ; 
Kakranj , Gond. 
Habitat. —A permanent Indian resident, found chiefly near dry hill or 
bushel ad uplands and, unlike other grouse, it often affects thick cover. 
