1922.] chirintj the First Mt. Everest E.cpedilion. 513 



Kashmir to Kansu, and, according to Colonel Walton, " is 

 by far the most common Leaf-Warbler in S. Tibet," remain- 

 ing as late as the second week o£ October at Khamba Jong, 

 15,200 ft. In September Stoliczka obtained specimens at 

 Chagra, Ladak, 15, 504 ft. Colonel Bailey took nests at 

 Gyantse, 13,500 ft., and in Garhwal Mr. Osinaston has 

 recorded that it breeds in considerable numbers at the same 

 elevation, while in Ladak Colonel Ward found it nesting up 

 to 14,000 ft. 



? Phylloscopiis inornatus inornatus Blyth. 



322 c? 26 8.21 Popti La 12,000 ft. 



This single skin is in a very worn condition, and it is 

 impossible to say whether it belongs to the above form or 

 P. I. mandeUi. 



Phylloscopus fuligiventer (Hodgson). 



314 ? 24.8.21 Kama Valley 12,000 ft. 



The specimens of the Smoky Willow-Warbler in the 

 Natural History Museum are from Nepal and Sikkim during 

 the breeding-season, and the Naga Hills, Sadiya, and Buxa 

 Duars in the winter. This Warbler was obtained by 

 Blanford near Momay Samdong in northern Sikkim in 

 rhododendron-scrub at an elevation of about 14,000 ft. 



Lanius schach tephronotus Vigors. 



272 c? 10.8.21, 2d{j c? , 297 ? , 298 imm. 17.8.21, 303 imm. 

 18.8.21 Kharta 12,500 ft. 



The Grey -backed Shrike was reported by Colonel Walton 

 to be very common at Gyantse, in the valley of the Tsanj; 

 Po, and at Lhasa, and C'olonel Bailey found it nesting near 

 Kiingmar, south Tibet, at 14,000 ft. 



An immature example of this Shrike, shot by Colonel 

 Waddell near Chaksam on tiie Tsang Po, was described by 

 Dresser in the P. Z. S. for 1905 as a new species under the 

 name of Lanius Ihama. 



[Found in the Arun and similar valleys below 13,000 ft. — 

 A.F.R. W.] 



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