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then to look at one, but when shot at or 

 alarmed they flew downwards very swiftly, 

 uttering a pleasant musical whistle. I 

 found their flesh most delicious eating." 



Colonel Prjevalski has a very inter- 

 esting note on this species. He says : 

 "These birds are very wild, and when 

 alone the old birds do not allow them- 

 selves to be approached within a hundred 

 paces. They hide themselves between 

 stones and usually spring up and take to 

 flight, or else try to run, which they do 

 so fast that a man cannot catch them. 

 We noticed that when they are approached 

 from the bottom of a hill they commence 

 running, but if from the top they at once 

 get up. When settling on the ground 

 they shake their tails several times, just 

 as our Willow Grouse do." 



Nothing appears to be known about 

 the nidification of this species, but in the 

 Hume Collection there is an egg of this 

 bird which was taken three miles south 

 of the Pangour Tso. It is in all respects 

 similar to some of the eggs of the 

 Himalayan Snow-Cock contained in the 

 same collection, but is of course smaller, 

 measuring only 2-45 by 17. 



In this bird, the crown and the sides 

 and back of the neck are dark grey. The 



