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Kashgharin November and December, and at. Yarkand durin g 
the rest of the winter. These live birds had, of course, been 
captured in the neighbouring hills. The Snow Pheasant is very 
tame and stupid in confinement, and, in common with the next 
species, is called Ular by the Kashgharians. 
816 bis.—Tetraogallus tibetanus, Gould. 
I shot my first specimen of this species on the 24th Septem- 
her 1874 near the top of the Sanju Pass, at an elevation of 
16,000 feet. Next day I saw hundreds of the birds in a side 
valley near Kichik Yailak where they afforded me good shoot- 
ing. They associated in coveys of about ten to twenty, and 
were not very shy. When approached from below they moved 
leisurely up hill, stopping every now and 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. 
Numbers of these birds were brought in to us, alive, during 
the winter, at Kashghar (where a specimen was preserved) and 
at Yarkand; they were very tame in confinement. Both this 
species and the preceding one had evidently sought the lower 
hills near the plains when winter set in. The Turki name for 
the bird is Ular, and they are said to be found in all the hills 
which bound Eastern Turkestan on the north, west and south. 
$. Kédshghar, 5th December.—Length, 21:5; wing, 10:1; 
tail, 6°5; tarsus, 2:1; bill, from gape, 1°35. Bill, orange, 
dusky above at base; legs and feet, orange red; claws, black. 
820 bis—Caccabis pallescens, Hume. 
s. Yarkand, 13th March.—Length, 15:1; expanse, 22°8; 
wing, 6°65; tail, 4:2; tarsus, 1°75; bill, from gape, 1°15 closed 
wings fall short of tail, 3-4; weight, 11b. doz. 
Bill, crimson, brownish red on culmen; eyelid, grey, edges, 
crimson ; irides, hazel; legs, pinkish red; claws, brownish 
dusky. 
9. Yarkand, 27th July.—Length, 13°8; tail, 4°1; tarsus, 
1°6; bill, from gape, 1:1 ; weight, 13°6o0z. 
Bill, bright red, darker on culmen ; lower eyelid, light grey ; 
edges of eyelids, red; irides, hazel; legs and feet, evreyish red ; 
claws, dusky brownish. 
Three females preserved at Kashghar and Yarkand, Novem- 
ber and February, (measurements from the skins) :— 
Wing, 5°9 to 67; tarsus, 14 to 16; bill at front, 0:93 to 
0:96; from anterior margin of nares to point of bill, 0:5 to 
0-61. 
