. Indian sporting birds . EhfnrJixjejOL heiwfaleibs-u: . t. Kypotsem/Ha strtatw. A WStvutuDel F (Jardtai. London. LAKGE PINTAILED SAND-GROUSE 149 top of the buff breast from the lighter buff of the neck. The henhas also a necklace here, but it is double in her. Both have abeautiful variegated patch on the wing near the pinion-joint,formed by white-edged feathers, their ground-colour beingchocolate in the cock and black in the hen. It may be that the very local occurrence of this exquisitelybeautiful, and, where it occurs, very abundant bird, have pre-vented it getting a
. Indian sporting birds . EhfnrJixjejOL heiwfaleibs-u: . t. Kypotsem/Ha strtatw. A WStvutuDel F (Jardtai. London. LAKGE PINTAILED SAND-GROUSE 149 top of the buff breast from the lighter buff of the neck. The henhas also a necklace here, but it is double in her. Both have abeautiful variegated patch on the wing near the pinion-joint,formed by white-edged feathers, their ground-colour beingchocolate in the cock and black in the hen. It may be that the very local occurrence of this exquisitelybeautiful, and, where it occurs, very abundant bird, have pre-vented it getting a distinct appellation in our Indian tongues ;it is only at all common in Northern and Central Sind and thePunjab, and only a winter visitor there, but it has strayed toDelhi and been obtained in Kajputana. It leaves for the northearly in April at latest; its range is very wide, and it must beone of the most abundant of the family, being found not onlyin South-western and Central Asia, but being represented inSouthern Europe and North Africa by what can ha
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