108 



TETKAOGALLUS. 



Genus TETRAOGALLUS. Snow-Cocks. 



TeT/3i£aiy— proper name ; gaUus=a, cock. 



Sexes alike, or differing but slightly. Naked eye-patcii. Tail of twenty or 

 twenty-two feathers, five-eighths length of wing. First primary equal to fifth 

 (second longest). Blunt spurs in males. Confined to Highlands of Asia and 

 Himalayas. The larger forms approach the Capercailzies in size. 



79. Tetraogallus himalayensis. The Himalayan Snow-Cock. 



Kullu, Nepal; Huinwal, Kumaon; Jer-moonal, Mussoorie ; Leep, Kulu ; Kubuk, 

 Kashmir; Galound, Chaniba; Kauk-i-durra, Afghanistan; Kabk-i-dareh, Persia; Utar, 

 Turkistan. 



3 26" to 29"; 5 to 6J lbs. ? 21" to 24"; 3 to 4 lbs. Legs yellow-red. BiU 

 pale horny. Naked eye-patch yellow. Above ashy grey, minutely freckled. 

 Primaries white, tipped dusky. Breast white, barred black. Below dark grey. 

 Under-tail white. Chestnut bands from eye and mouth meet and form a collar. 



R. Le M., Mussoorie, 1864. 



