72 Capt. II. J. Walton on the 



No. 1831. ? adult. Lamteng, Sikhim, 9000 feet, Dec. 24, 

 1903. Bill yellow, culmen and sides of upper mandible 

 black; feet black ; iris dark brown. 



This bird occurred in the lower parts of the Chumbi 

 Valley. 



15. Babax waddelli. 



Baba.v waddelli Dresser, P. Z. S. 1905, vol. i. p. 54, pi. iv. 



No. 1912. ? adult. Gyantse, 12,000 feet, April 19, 1904. 

 Bill black ; feet greyish brown ; iris hoary white. 



No. 1995. <$ adult. Chaksam, Upper Brahmapoutra 

 (Tsang Po) Valley, July 30, 1904. 



The only places where I came across this bird were 

 Gyantse and Chaksam, in the Brahmapoutra Valley. 1 saw 

 one or two caged specimens in the Chinese quarter at Lhasa, 

 but did not observe any wild individuals in the neighbour- 

 hood of that town, although there were plenty of apparently 

 suitable places ; indeed, the Tibetans told me that they did not 

 occur at Lhasa. When we arrived at Gyantse on April 11th, 

 I found these birds in two small plantations. They were in 

 troops of five or six, and kept mainly to the ground, hopping 

 about rapidly and turning over leaves, &c. Although found 

 near dwelling-houses, they arc shy skulking birds and ex- 

 ceedingly wary. The outbreak of hostilities at Gyantse 

 prevented me from observing the date of their departure 

 from that place ; there were certainly none there at the 

 beginning of July. At the end of that mouth I found a lew 

 in the Brahmapoutra Valley : a male that I then shot had 

 well-developed reproductive organs. This bird has a loud 

 call of two harsh notes, rapidly repeated. The stomach- 

 contents of the two birds that I shot consisted of insects only. 



16. Leptopcecile obscura. 



Leptopoecile obscura Przcw. ; Oust., N. Arch. Mus. (3) v. 

 p. 185. 



No. 1950. J adult. Gyantse, 12,000 feet, May 2, 1904. 

 Bill black ; feet blackish brown ; iris deep red. 



Sir Francis Younghusband shot two male specimens of 

 this bird at the beginning of May at Gyantse. They were 



