LIST OF PLATES. 



PLiTE 

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II. 

 III. 



IV. 



V. 



VI. 



VII. 



VIlA. 



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1. Ctgnus BEWICKI. Bewick's Swan .•• 



2. Cygnds MINOR. Alpheraky's Swan ... 



3. CygnuS CTGNUS. The Whooper 



4. Cygnus olok. The Mute Swan 



Sarcidiornis MELANOTA. The Nukhta or Comb-Duck 



ASARCORNIS SCUTULATA. The White-winged Wood-Duck 



Ehodonessa CARYOPHYLLACEA. Tlie Pink-headed Duck 



Nettopus coromandelianus. The Cotton Teal 



Anser a. ALBIFRONS. The White-fronted Goose 



Anser INDICUS. The Bar-headed Goose 



Ehamtso Lake with Nests of Bar-headed Goose and Black 

 necked Crane 



VIIb. Nesting Ground of Bar-headed Goose, Ehamtso Lake, Tibet, 



VIIc. 



VIII. 



IX. 



X. 



XL 



XII. 



14,000 ft. 



J Nest of Bar-headed Goose •■• 



I Tibetans collecting Eggs of Bar-headed Geese ••• 



DendrocYCNA FULVA. The Greater WhistHng Teal ... 



Dendrocycna javanica. The Lesser Whistling Teal 



Tadorna TADORNA. The Sheldrake ... 



Casarca FERRUGINEA. The Euddy Sheldrake or Brahmiuy 

 Duck 139 



Anas platyrhyncha. The Common Wild-Duck or Mallard ... 150 



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