53. THE TIBETAN SNOW-COCK. 



Tetraogallus tibetaiius^ Gould. 



i'irst ten quills of the wing brown 

 tipped with white. 



Sexes alike. 



Vernacular Names : — None known. 



The Tibetan Snow-Cock has been'observed 

 at many points along the Himalayas, just 

 within the northern limits of the Indian 

 Empire from Sikhim westwards to Kash- 

 mir. Its proper home is to the north of 

 the Himalayas, in Turkestan, Tibet and 

 Western China. 



This Snow-Cock is found at elevations 

 varying from 15,000 to 19,000 feet in 

 summer, and lower down in the winter, 

 but to what level it descends has ap- 

 parently not been ascertained. 



According to Dr. Scully, who met with 

 these birds in the Sanju Pass, "they 

 associated in coveys of from ten to 

 twenty, and were not very shy. When 

 approached from below they moved 

 leisurely up hill, stopping every now and 

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