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nut about the neck, and the breast is devoid of 

 black markings, but crossed by a broad grey band. 

 The most striking differences, however, are that 

 the under -parts are streaked with black and white 

 instead of being grey, and that the pinion-quills 

 are brown with white tips. The ' cock and hen do 

 not differ much in size in this species, and even 

 the former is smaller than the hen of the Hima- 

 layan bird. The cock's bill and legs are red, and 

 there is a red skin round the dark eyes. The 

 hen's bill, however, is of a greenish colour, though 

 she appears not to differ in plumage. Young 

 birds, however, have only the throa.t white, the 

 breast being grizzled with dark-grey and buff, 

 and Mr. Ogilvie-Grant, our leading authority on 

 ■Game-birds, is disposed to think tliat the so- 

 called T. henrici is simply a young tibetanu.s. 



This species is properly a Tibetan bird, but in 

 our territory it has been found in Ladak, Spiti, 

 Kumaun and Sikkim, always at a very high ele- 

 vation, being an even more alpine bird than the 

 last. All that is known about its breeding is that 

 its egg is like that of the Himalaya n species, but 

 smaller. It appears to be a much better bird for 

 the table. 



Three other species of this genus inhabit 

 mountain-ranges outside India. 



Altai Snow-cock. 



Teiraogallus altaicus, Brit.Mus. Cat., Birds, Vol. XXII, 

 p. no. 



The Snow-cock of the Altai is most like the Tibetan, but has 

 a black bill and some white at the base of the outer pinion- 

 •quills. 



