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a, b. ? sex. Khamba Jong, 15,200 feet, Sept. 1903. 



c. jj adult; d. ? adult. Khamba Jong, 15,200 feet, 

 Sept. 3, 1903. 



No. 115. <$ adult. Khamba Jong, 15,200 feet, Sept. 29, 

 1903. Bill pale orange ; feet orange-red, claws reddish 

 horny ; iris dark brown, orbital skin orange. 



No. 1803. ? adult. Khamba Jong, 15,200 feet, Dec. 12, 

 1903. 



Nos. 1895. (J adult; 1896. ? adult. Tuna, 15,000 feet, 

 March 3, 1904. 



Throughout the whole of Southern Tibet, wherever there 

 are high bare mountains at all seasons of the year, the loud 

 notes of the Snow-Cock are heard. The birds never descend 

 to the plains, but keep to the hill-sides. In winter they are 

 found in flocks of from ten to thirty; they do not take to the 

 wing readily, but, once flushed, travel a long distance before 

 alighting again. By the end of February they are in pairs. 

 They are excellent birds for the table, the dark flesh re- 

 sembling that of the Grouse. 



103. Lerwa nivicola. 



Leriva nivicola (Hodgs.) ; Blanf., Faun. Brit. Ind., Birds, 

 iv. p. 145 ; Berez. & Bianchi, Aves Exped. Potan. Gan-su, 

 p. 14. 



No. 1903. ? adult. Tuna, 15,000 feet, March 28, 1904. 

 Bill bright red ; feet orange-red. 



I did not see any Snow-Partridges myself, but some were 

 procured by a native surveyor on the slopes of Chumolarhi, 

 and others, I believe, were shot near Phari, in the Chumbi 

 Valley. 



-f 104. Gallinula chloropus. 



Gallinula chloropus (Linn.); Blanf., Faun. Brit. Inch, Birds, 

 iv. p. 175 ; Sharpe, Sci. Result. Yark. Miss., Aves, p. 146; 

 Berez. & Bianchi, Aves Exped. Potan. Gan-su, p. 6. 



Nos. 2004. ? immature; 2005. <$ immature. Lhasa, 

 12,200 feet, Aug. 16, 1904. 



No. 2006. S adult. Lhasa, 12,200 feet, Aug. 31, 1904. 



Moorhens are very common and breed in the extensive 



