THE LAND GAME BIRDS. 
THE TIBETAN PIN-TAILED SAND GROUSE, 
Syrrhaptes Tibetanus . Native name, Kuk, Ladak. 
Habitat .—Ladak and the upper portions of the Sutlej Valley. 
Description. —Male—front of head white ; sides of head, throat and collar 
yellow; the crown, neck, mantle and chest white with black bars. Back, rump 
and tail-coverts buff with black markings. First ten quills of the wing black, 
tail buff and chestnut, barred with black and tipped with white. A pale grey 
band across the breast. 
The female is more coarsely barred with black throughout, the grey breast 
band is wanting, the breast being barred with black. In other respects it 
resembles the male. 
Length, 18 inches ; wing, 10 inches; tail, 8 inches. 
