1. THE TIBETAN PIN-TAILED 

 SAND-GROUSE. 



Syrrhaptes tibetanus, Gould. 



Both tarsus and toes feathered. 



MALE : — Visible portion of the closed wing 

 very minutely and almost imperceptibly 

 vermiculated with black. 



FEMALE :— Visible portion of the closed 

 wing boldly barred with black, like the 

 upper plumage. 



Vernacular Name: — Kuk, Ladak. 



The Tibetan Pin-tailed Sand-Grouse oc- 

 curs in Ladak and the upper portions of 

 the Sutlej valley. It is a bird of high 

 elevations, and Colonel Biddulph informs 

 us that he found it in June at fully 1 8,000 

 feet, and in September at about 15,000 

 feet. Mr. Hume states that he never 

 met with this species in summer below 

 12,000 feet. 



Out of India this bird extends through- 

 out Tibet to the borders of China on 

 the east ; its limit to the west is not 

 known. 



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