Birds of Southern Tibet. 61 



the Kyi Chu lliver flows through many channels, and there 

 is a good deal of marshy ground. We left Lhasa, on our 

 return march to India, on September 23rd : during our 

 stay the weather was quite hot, though there were numerous 

 thunderstorms and much rain. 



I am well aware that the following notes on the birds 

 of Southern Tibet are very incomplete, and that, given 

 better opportunities, I should have been able to increase my 

 list very considerably. In addition to the reasons given 

 above, which interrupted regular and systematic obser- 

 vations, I was unable to devote the whole of my spare time 

 to ornithology, as I was also engaged in making collections 

 in other branches of natural history. My professional work 

 with the Commission, and in connection with the Civil 

 Dispensaries for Tibetans that I established at Gyantse and 

 Lhasa, claimed the greater part of my time. However, 

 as there have been no opportunities in the past of studying 

 the birds of this part of Tibet, and as it does not appear 

 likely that the chance will occur again for some time, such 

 observations as I was able to make probably possess sufficient 

 interest to make it worth while recording them. 



I am very glad to take this opportunity of expressing my 

 gratitude to Colonel Sir Francis Younghusband, K.C.I.E., 

 for the active interest that he took in my ornithological 

 work, for many observations that he communicated to me, 

 and for some specimens. 



I am also much indebted to Major C. H. D. Ryder, R.E., 

 of the Survey of India, for his kindness in preparing the 

 sketch-map (Plate II.) that accompanies this article. 



At Khamba Jong, at the end of September and during 

 the first half of October, besides the resident Tibetan birds, 

 there were large numbers of migrants : Anthus striolatus, 

 Motacilla alba, M. flava, M. citreola, Calandrella tibetana, 

 Phylloscopus affinis, Upupa epops, Ruticilla rufiventris, R. 

 hodgsoni, and Pratincola maura were all very common, and 

 a few specimens were obtained of Calliope pectoralis, Lanius 

 tephronotus, Anorthura tibetana, and Cyanecula suecica. 



