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Chicore seem to abound in all the hills which surround the 
plains of Kashgharia on the north, west and south. In the 
winter the birds seem to come down to lower elevations than 
they frequent in summer; numbers of Partridges are then 
eaught and brought into Yarkand and KAshghar for sale. 
This species is rather prized by the Yarkandis on account of 
its fighting propensities; [ have seen some battles between 
Chicore which I kept—not for fighting I need: scarcely say— 
the birds appearing to be decidedly pugnacious. The Turki 
name for the Chicore is Keklik. 
820 ter.—Caccabis pallidus,* Hume. 
9. Shot between Kizil Aghil and Mazar, 15th August.—Length, 
13°3 ; expanse, 21:0; wing, 6-2; tail, 3:7; tarsus, 1-75; bill, 
from gape, 0°95; closed wings fall short of tail, 2°9; weight, 
14°2.50z. 
Bill, darkish red at base and nares—lighter at tip; irides, 
reddish brown; legs and feet, red ; claws, brown horny. 
?. Juv. Ui Toghrak, 7th August.—Length, 10°5; tail, 3:1; 
tarsus, 1:4; bill, from gape, 0°9; weight, 5°50z. Bill, brownish 
black; irides, hazel; legs and feet, orange red; claws, dark 
horny ; lower eyelid, grey ; edge of eyelids, red. 
9. Younger than the last, Mazar, 15th August.—Length, 8°8 ; 
expanse, 16; wing, 4:9; tail, 2°7; tarsus, 1:25; bill, from 
gape, 0°8; closed wings short of tail, 1:2 ; weight, 4:2o0z. 
Bill, black, brownish at tip; edges of eyelids, brick red ; 
lower eyelid, grey ; irides, hazel brown; legs and feet, pale 
orange red ; claws, brownish horny. 
Two nestlings obtained on the 28th and 30th August at an 
elevation of over 12,000 feet :-— 
Weight, 2:40z. Bill, black—grey or yellowish at extreme 
tip ; irides, brown; legs and feet, pale reddish and orange red- 
dish ; claws, brown. Length, 7; wing, 3°8; bill, from gape, 
0:7. 
The birds noted above were obtained in the hills bounding the 
plains of Kashgharia on the south, at elevations of from 6,000 
to over 12,000 feet. There the birds were numerous near willow 
bushes and streams. On the 30th August, near Gulgun 
Shah, at an elevation of about 12,5V0 feet, found a nest of this 
Species containing only three eggs. The nest was composed of 
a few leaves and fibres, placed in a slight depression on the 
ground, and covered over by a bush. One of the eggs is an 
elongated oval, moderately pointed towards the small end, and 
glossy. The ground color is pale greyish café au lait, spotted 
*It is extremely doubtful whether this and the preceding are distinct,—A. O. H. 
