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The Green-legged partridge by a peculiar patch 

 of white downy feathers under the wing, just 

 behind the armpit. 



The Chestnut Wood-partridge by being mostly 

 of a chestnut colour. 



The Crested partridge by the male being dark 

 blue and the female green. 



The Seesee by its sandy colour and pale yellow legs. 



In the present chapter I propose to deal briefly 

 with the Alpine Snow-cocks and Snow-partiidge, 

 the Chukor, and the derert-haunting Seesee. 



The Snow-cocks are veiy large grey birds, living 

 on the mountains above the forest-level, and feed- 

 ing on grass chiefly — there is not much else to eat 

 where they are found. Two species are found 

 with us. The cocks and hens are alike in plumage, 

 but the former alone are spurred. 



The Himalayan Snow-cock. 



Tetraogallus himalayensis, Faun. Brit. Ind., 

 Birds, Vol. IV, p. 143. 



Native names : — Kullu, Lupu, Baera, in 

 Western Nepal ; Huinwal, in Kumaun ; 

 Jermonal, in the hills north of Mussoo- 

 rie ; I.eepin, Kulu ; Golound, in Chamba ; 

 Gourkagu or Kubuk, in Kashmir ; Kabk- 

 i-dara, in Afghanistan. The name Ram- 

 ckukor is, I believe, used in Gilgit. It is 

 really the best one for these birds, which 

 are really gigantic relatives of the Chukor. 



The general colour of this bird is grizzled grey 

 with some chestnut markings ; the throat is white 

 with a chestnut border and the breast white with 



