Birds of Southern Tibet. 65 



of arrival of the Wagtails (Motacilla alba, M. citreola, 

 M. personata, and M. flava), Redshanks (Totanus calidris), 

 Sand-Martins ( Co tile ri/>«ria), Wheatears (Saxicola Montana) , 

 and several other birds. 



In July, on the road between Gyantse and Lhasa, several 

 new birds were seen. On the Yam Dok Cho lake, Great 

 Crested Grebes (Podicipes cristatus) were present in con- 

 siderable numbers ; while Wagtails of several species (of which 

 Motacilla citreola was the most common) and Redshanks 

 were flying about the marshes. 



While the Field Force was engaged in crossing the Tsang 

 Po River I obtained permission to shoot, and got several birds 

 that were new to my Tibetan collection. Swifts and Cor- 

 morants were very common on the river. 



Lhasa itself was somewhat disappointing in that it yielded 

 few new species. However, I saw and obtained there, for 

 the first time in Tibet, Moorhens (Gallinula chloropus), 

 Coots (Fulica atra), and Wrynecks (lynx torquilla). White- 

 eyed Pochards were very numerous; there were smaller 

 numbers of Mallards and Common Teal, with a few Solitary 

 and Pintail Snipe. The new Rose-Finch, Carpodacus ivaltoni, 

 occurred also at Lhasa. All the commoner birds of Lhasa 

 were the same as those of Gyantse. 



In the following list I have enumerated the species of 

 birds which I met with in Southern Tibet, and have added 

 short field-notes regarding them. In almost all cases speci- 

 mens were obtained and preserved ; where this was not done, 

 I have stated the fact. 



The nomenclature adopted is, in the case of birds which 

 occur in India, that used by Messrs. Oates and Blanford 

 (Fauna Brit. Ind., Birds) ; for the remaining species I 

 have generally followed the British Museum Catalogue and 

 Dr. Bowdler Sharpens c Hand-list/ 



I have added the Tibetan names in a few cases ; but, 

 for the most part, either none were obtainable or those 

 given to me were obviously applied to more than one 

 species. 



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