66 Capt. H. J. Walton on the 



I am under a great obligation to Dr. Bowdler Sharpe and 

 to Mr. Ogilvie-Grant for their kindness in identifying many 

 of my specimens and for much other help ; and my sincere 

 thanks are due to Mr. C. Chubb for his invaluable 

 assistance. 



] . Corvus CORAX. 



Corvus corax Linn. ; Oates, Faun. Brit. Ind., Birds, i. 

 p. 14 ; Sharpe, Sci. Result. Yark. Miss., Aves, p. 15 

 (1891). 



a. S adult. Khamba Jong, 15,200 feet, Sept. 20, 1903. 

 Length of wing 18"2 inches. 



No. 1715. S adult. Khamba Jong, 15,200 feet, Oct. 3, 

 1903. Length of wing 19*2 inches. 



Ravens were ubiquitous throughout the whole of Southern 

 Tibet, and were common everywhere, both in the cultivated 

 valleys and on the bare uplands. They were remarkably 

 fearless and. swarmed about all our camps, disputing the 

 possession of offal with the Tibetan dogs. Away from the 

 vicinity of camps and villages they generally occurred in 

 pairs. In the spring most of them became very ragged, and 

 it was then difficult to procure good specimens. I found a 

 nest, containing young birds, on a ledge of a large rock near 

 the Kala Tso Lake on April 6th. 



I 2. Pica bottanensis. 



Pica bottanensis Deless. ; Oates, Faun. Brit. Ind., Birds, 

 i. p. 25. 



a. cJ adult. Khamba Jong, 15,200 feet, Sept. 12, 1903. 



Nos. 1942, 1943. $ adult. Gyantse, 12,000 feet, April 

 29, 1904. 



No. 2011. ? adult. Lhasa, 12,200 feet, Aug. 18, 1904. 



Magpies were very common and resident wherever there 

 were trees. A few were generally to be seen at Khamba 

 Jong near the three small willow trees in the village, or 

 flying about the rock on which the Jong is situated. These 

 particular birds, probably on account of the absence of 

 cover, were extremely wild, but elsewhere, as at Gyantse and 

 Lhasa, Magpies were by no means shy. At the beginning 



