518 Mr. N. B. Kinnear on the Birds collected [Ibis 



eggs, 218 S 10.7.21 Tingri 14,000 ft. ; 265 juv. 6.8.21, 

 271 juv. 9.8.21 Kharta 12,000 ft. 



The Tibetan Short-toed Lark is one of the commonest 

 breeding-birds in southern Tibet, and has been found nesting 

 up to a height of 15,200 ft. In winter it descends to the 

 plains of India, 



[One of the commonest birds on the plains. Nests with 

 fresh eggs, evidently a second laying, were found in July ; 

 the nest is very similar to that of a Meadow-Pipit. — 

 A.F.R.W.] 



Calandrella brachydactyla dukhunensis (Sykes). 



365 S 17.9.21 E. Everest 17,000 ft. 



The Rufous Short-toed Lark breeds in central Asia and 

 passes through southern Tibet on migration. Colonel Walton 

 saw and obtained specimens at Khamba Dzong, 15,200 ft., 

 in September and October, in which months Blanford also, 

 met with it in Sikkim at 16,000 ft. 



Chionospiza nivalis adamsi (Moore). 



153 ? 24.6.21, 158 ? 25.6.21, 159 S 27.6.21, 176 ° 

 30.6.21 Tingri 14,000 ft. ; 224, 225 juv. 14.7.21 Thung La 

 16,000 ft.; 227 ?, 22% S 14.7.21 Thung La 15,000 ft. ; 

 259 ? 31.7.21 Rebu 14,800 ft. 



In 1852 A. L. Adams discovered this Snow-Finch near 

 the "Lamestry of Lamayeroo^' in Ladak, and six years later 

 it was described by F. Moore in the P. Z. S. 



Adams's Mountain-Finch breeds at Phari, 14,500 ft., in 

 June, according to Colonel Bailey, and is common in the 

 winter near Khamba Dzong at 15,200 ft. Farther west 

 in Ladak Colonel Ward found young, which had just left 

 the nest, on the Fortu La Pass at 14,000 ft., and Stoliczka 

 observed it near Taglang in Rupsh.u between 15,000- 

 16,000 ft. 



[Generally distributed between 14,000 ft. and 16,000 ft. 

 Nests with young were found in July in old walls and piles 

 of stones.— A.F. R.W.] 



