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Description .—Male -black band on forebead with white in front and 
behind it, black spot over eye, crown buff mottled with black. Sides of head, 
throat, and neck light buff terminating below in two broad bands of chestnut 
and yellow. Upper plumage black, barred with bufE on the back, rump and 
tail, with white on the wings which exhibit a large buff patch. Wing quills 
dark brown. Belly and sides of body barred with equal bands of black and 
white, feathers under the tail buff barred with black. This bird has a slow, 
short flight, quite different from the other grouse. 
Female—resembles the male except that there is no black band across 
the forehead, while the lower plumage is barred black and pale fulvous, the 
black bars being narrower than the fulvous. Length, 10J- inches; wing, 6J 
inches; tail, 3| inches ; legs, yellowish; irides, brown; bill, reddish brown. 
Weight, 7J oz. 
THE CLOSE-BARRED SAND GROUSE. 
Pterocles Lichtensteini . Native names unknown. 
Habitat .—Has only been found in Sind, west of the Indus. It is very rare. 
Description .—Very closely allied to the Painted Sand Grouse, both male 
and female resembling it in plumage, while its habits are precisely the same. 
