1922.] during the First Mt. Everest Expedition. 515 



Himalaya northwards, but no one had previously observed 

 it in southern Tibet. In Sikkim and along the Himalaya 

 this Pipit nests at high altitudes, and Mr. Osmaston found, 

 it bt-eeding up to 12,500 ft. in Garhwal. 



Blanford saw this bird at 15,000 ft. in Sikkim in the 

 autumn. 



Anthus hodgsoni Richmond. 



24G S 18.7.21 Nyenyam 13,000 ft.; 247 ? 8.7.21 Nyeynam 

 14,000 ft.; 300 ? 18.8.21 Kharta 12,500 ft.; 315c? 23.8.21 

 Kama Valley 10,000 ft. ; 375 ^ 20.9.21 East Everest 

 17,500 ft. 



Dr. Richmond has pointed out that the name Anthiis 

 macidatus Jerdon is preoccupied, and in future the Indian 

 Tree-Pipit must be known as Anthus hodgsoni. Richmond. 



The breeding-range is from Siberia and China to the 

 Himalaya, where, as a rule, it is found nesting lower down 

 than A. roseatus. Colonel Walton obtained specimens both 

 at Lhasa and Khamba Uzong in September, when probably 

 on migration, and in the same month Blanford saw birds 

 passing down the Sikkim valleys. 



[Appeared to be breeding in Nyenyam Valley in July. 

 The song is almost indistinguishable from that of the Tree- 

 Pipit.— A. F. R. W.] 



Budytes citreola citreola(Pall.). 



1G7 ? 28.6.21, 214 ? 9.7.21 Tingri 14,000 ft. 



Colonel Walton found the Yellow-headed Wagtail a 

 common bird throughout southern Tibet. No. 214, which 

 was shot off the nest, is in the immature grey plumage. 



[Occasionally seen in marshy places. Nest with fresh eggs 

 found near Tingri at the beginning of July. — A. F. R. W.] 



Motacilla alba leucopsis Gould. 



381 c? 24.9.21 East Everest 17,500 ft. 



This Wagtail breeds in northern Tibet, Mongolia, and 

 Manchuria, and passes through southern Tibet on migration 

 to the plains of India. 



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