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gregating in packs, sometimes to the 

 number of twenty or thirty, but in general 

 not more than from five to ten ; several 

 packs inhabiting the same hill. In summer 

 the few that remain on our side are found in 

 single pairs generally ; but across the snow, 

 where the great body migrate, I almost 

 always, even then, found several together." 

 Colonel Biddulph, who met with this 

 Snow-CockinGilgit, remarks: — "Common 

 everywhere in favourable ground. It 

 makes its nest at about 8000 or 9000 feet, 

 and breeds early. Directly the young are 

 hatched they go up to the lower edge of 

 the snow — in fact as high as they can. . . . 

 I have never seen these birds in large 

 flocks like T. tibetanus ; they are generally 

 in pairs only. In the depth of winter, a 

 few collect together, but when disturbed 

 separate at once. 



Mr. Hume speaks of the shy nature of 

 these birds, and states that they can seldom 

 be approached nearer than 100 yards, and 

 that a bag can only be made with a rifle. 



In Gilgit this bird breeds at the end of 

 April or the commencement of May and 

 constructs its nest in localities which vary 

 in elevation from 8,00c to 10,000 feet. 

 According to Mr. Wilson it breeds in 

 other parts of the Himalayas at elevations 



