370 Mr. H. Seebolim on Birds 



Sterna fluviatilis, Naum. 

 PODICEPS CRISTATUS (Liiin,). 

 PODICEPS GRISEIGENA (Bodd.) . 



PoDicEPS NiGRicoLLis (C. L. Brchm) . 



Of the last fourteen species one specimen only of each was 

 sent, with the exception of Podiceps griseigena, of which 

 there were a pair of adult birds and several eggs. There were 

 also eggs of Podiceps nigricoUis sent^ but all of them were 

 broken. All the specimens Avere stated to have been obtained 

 in the neighbourhood of Erzeroom, but no notes accompanied 

 the collection, and merely a list, on which several species 

 were marked as being common, was appended. 



XXXIII. — On a Collection of Birds from Western Szechuen. 

 By Henry Seebohm. 



Mr. a. E. Pratt has lately returned from an entomological 

 expedition to the Chinese frontiers of Thibet, and has brought 

 with him a small collection of birds, chiefly from a locality 

 13,500 feet above the sea-level, a little to the west of Ta- 

 chien-lu, about 30° north latitude and 102° west longitude, 

 ten days^ journey south-east of Moupin, where I'Abbe David 

 made so many interesting discoveries. 



Although there are no novelties in the collection, there 

 are examples of several species of great interest. 



Merula kessleri. 



There are four males and two females in the collection, 

 whence it may be inferred that this fine Ousel is not uncom- 

 mon in Western Szechuen. There is no example of Merula 

 gouldi in the collection, which is rather remarkable, as 

 FAbbe David did not find Merula kessleri in either China 

 or Thibet, but states that Merula gouldi was very common 

 both in Western Szechuen and in Eastern Thibet. I have 

 examples of both these species collected by General Prjevalski 

 m Kansu. Mr. Pratt's examples were all obtained amongst 



