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Dr. Stoliczka writes in. liis ‘ Diary — “ Kugiar, June 1st. C. communis is certainly rare in 
summer and goes probably further north, returning here in autumn or at least passing 
l0 ugh. It is said to be very common in Andijan during the summer. I heard only a 
Slu g‘le Quail calling when coming out of Karghalik yesterday morning.” 
Genus TETRAOGALLUS. 
^0- Tetiiaogalltjs tibetantjs. 
Tetraogallus tibetanus, Gould; Hume & Henders. Lahore to Yarlc. p. 281 (1873) ; Scully, Str. F. iv. 
p. 182 (1876) ; Prjev. in Rowley’s Orn. Misc. ii. p. 427 (1877). 
jj Colonel Biddulph procured a female specimen in the Sakti Pass on the 15th of September, 
the Sa ^ 8 1 — -*-^ s D the only occasion on which I shot a specimen of this species. Crossing 
Lankar Pass (Marsemik) a few days later, I saw others, probably of this species.” Dr. 
lcz ka says that it was common in the Kaskasu Pass on the 26th of March. 
Ch\ Scully writes : — “ I shot my first specimen of this species on the 24th September 
0 £ I' near the top of the Sanju Pass, at an elevation of 16,000 feet. Next day I saw hundreds 
Hi 16 in a side valley near Kiehik Yailak, where they afforded me good shooting. 
C,V ass ociated in coveys of about ten to twenty, and were not very shy. When approached 
tyhc' 1 lH ^ 0W ^ey move d leisurely up hill, stopping every now and then to look at one ; but 
j 011 shot at or alarmed they flew downwards very swiftly, uttering a pleasant musical whistle. 
du '! Und their flesh most delicious eating. Numbers of these birds were brought to us alive, 
the winter, at Kashghar (where a specimen was preserved) and at Yarkand; they were 
lj taaie iu confinement. Both this species and the preceding one had evidently sought the 
they 1 UliS near tlie P lains wli en winter set in. The Turki name for the bird is ‘ Ular,’ and 
aie sadd to be found in all the hills which bound Eastern Turkestan on the north, west, 
atl south.” 
Tetraogallus himalatensis. (Plate XV.) 
Ji . v ' 
rao ffallus himalayensis (Gray) ; Hume & Henders. Lahore to Yark. p. 280 (1873) ; Scully, Str. F. iv. 
P- 181 (1876) ; Bidd. Ibis, 1881, p. 93; Scully, ibid. p. 586 ; Severtz. Ibis, 1883, p. 72; Scully, 
J - A. S. Beng. lvi. p. 86 (1887). 
°* ^43. Sliahidula, November 21, 1873 ( Mr . Forsyth). 
e §§s fo ' Dlar y " hh'- Stoliczka writes : — “ Sasstekke, May 16. Hyder Mahomed got five Ular 
1 me - The bird makes its nest of grass &c. high up between rocks.” 
The 
in f.h e y- s h eciIuen preserved by Dr. Stoliczka is much paler than any of the Himalayan birds 
^-siau I ■ d1l0aad Collection, and it may ultimately be found desirable to separate the Central 
u ’d as a subspecies or race. 
