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[1370.] Caccabis chucar. The Chukor. 



Rattray, J. B. N. II. S. xii. p. 345 (Thall : a common 

 resident) ; Marshall, op. cit. xv. p. 353 (Quetta : very 

 common) ; Fulton, op. cit. xvi. p. 61 (very common, ranging 

 up to 12,000 feet) ; Ward, op. cit. xvii. p. 944 (found every- 

 •vvhere in Kashmir). 



662. Sex ? Marai, 3000 ft., 9th March. 



763. ? ad. Kohat, 1850 ft., 30th ]\Iarch. 



Resident, and fairly numerous from the plains up to 

 at least 8000 feet in the Safed Koh. 



[1371.] A.MMOPERDix BONHAMi. The Sisl Partridge. 



Rattray, J. B. N. 11. S. xii. p. 345 (Thall : a fairly 

 common resident) ; Marshall, op. cit. xv. p. 353 (Quetta : 

 very common) ; Gumming, op. cit. xvi. p. 692 (Seistan : 

 scarce). 



A common resident on the stony hills of Kohat and the 

 Kurram Valley up to about 6000 feet, and abundant in the 

 more remote parts, where it is less persecuted. 



[1372.] Fraxcolixus vulgaris. The Black Partridge. 



Rattray, J. B. N. H. S. xii. p. 345 (Thall : abundant); 

 Marshall, op. cit. xv. p. 353 (Quetta : occurs about the foot- 

 hills) ; Gumming, op. cit. xvi. p. 692 (Seistan : abundant). 



A resident, and common in the Mazri scrub (dwarf-palm) 

 of the Lower Kurram and Upper Miranzai Valleys, and, in 

 fact, wherever there is plenty of Mazri. 



[1375 ] Francolinus poxdicerianus. The Grey 



Partridge. 



Rattray, J. B. N. H. S. xii. p. 345 (Thall : very common) ; 

 Ward, op. cit. xvii. p. 944 (Kashmir : occurs in the plains). 



A resident and fairly numerous, but less so than the Sisi. 

 It is found on much the same ground, though more 

 frequently about cultivated spots, and up to about the same 

 altitude in the Kurram Valley. 



[1378.] Tetraogallus himalayensis. The Himalayan 

 Snow-Cock. 



Fulton, J. B. N. H. S. xvi. p. 62 (Chitral : found in winter 



