'690 TETRAOGALLUS 



964. HIMALAYAN SNOW-PARTRIDGE. 

 TETRAOGALLUS HIMALAYENSIS. 



Tefraogallushimalayensis, Gray, P.Z.S. 1842, p. 105 ; Gould, B. of As. vii. 

 pi. 30 ; Ogilvie Grant, Cat. B. Br. Mus. xxii. p. 106 ; Blanf. F. Brit. 

 Ind. Birds, iv. p. 143 ; T. nigeUii, Jard. and Selby, 111. Orn. pi. Ill 

 (nee. pi. 76) ; Hume and Marsh, Game B. iii. pi. 3 (egg). 



Kulla Lupu Boer a, t in W. Nepal ; Kablt-i-dara, in Afghanistan. 



ad. (Himalayas). Differs from T. caucasicus in having the head, 

 hind neck and fore back pale blue-grey, the sides of the neck marked with 

 chestnut ; upper parts paler and greyer, the spots redder ; chin and upper 

 throat white, below which is a narrow, indistinct chestnut band ; breast 

 white, tinged with grey, sparingly marked with dark chestnut ; rest of 

 under parts slaty blue slightly vermiculated with brown and striped with 

 rich chestnut and black ; under tail-coverts white ; bill pale horn, legs 

 yellowish red ; iris dark brown ; naked skin behind the eye yellow. 

 Culmen 1'6, wing 12*0, tail 8'4, tarsus 2'5 inch. The female resembles 

 the male, but lacks the spurs. 



Hob. Himalayas, west of Kumaun at about 11,000 to 18,000 

 feet in summer, lower in winter, Afghanistan and the various 

 ranges north to the Altai. 



Is chiefly to be met with near the snow-line, on rocks and 

 barren ground, usually in flocks or coveys, and feeds on grass, 

 tender shoots, bulbs, and seeds. Its note is a soft whistle. The 

 nest is a mere depression scratched in the ground under shelter 

 of a rock, stone, or bush, and the eggs, 5 to 6 in number, are 

 usually deposited late in April, and are paler or darker olive- 

 brown spotted or blotched with brownish red, pale chestnut, or 

 purplish brown, and measure about 2*72 by T85. 



965. TIBETAN SNOW-PARTRIDGE. 

 TETRAOGALLUS TIBETANUS. 



Tetraogallus tlbetanm, Gould, P.Z.S. 1853, p. 47 ; id. B. of As. vii. pi. 32 ; 

 David and Oust. Ois. Chine, p. 391 ; Prjev. Mongol, i Strana 

 Tan gut. ii. p. 127 ; Ogilvie Grant, Cat. B. Br. Mus. xxii. p. 104 ; 

 Berezoff. and Bianchi, Ptitz. Gan-su, etc. p. 14. 



Hrcik-pci t Bhot. ; Hailik, Mongol. ; Cunmo, Tangut. 



ad. (Tibet). Differs from T. altaicus in being smaller, the head, 

 neck, and upper breast darker slate-grey, gradually merging into the colour 



