Birds of Southern Tibet. 77 



No. 1988. S adult. Chaksam, Brahmapoutra (Tsang Po) 

 Valley, ] 2,000 feet, July 27, 1904. Bill and feet black ; iris 

 dark brown. 



No. 1989. rj adult. Chaksam, Brahmapoutra (Tsang Po) 

 Valley, 12,000 feet, July 27, 1904. 



I saw a few of these birds at Gyantse at the end of April, 

 but they did not remain for more than three or four days. 

 I shot three specimens on some sandy land in the Tsang Po 

 Valley in July : the species was nowhere common. 



26. Henicurus, sp. inc. 



A Forktail of this genus occurred in the Chumbi Valley, 

 but I omitted to procure any specimens. 



r 27. Microcichla scouleri. 



Microcichla scouleri (Vig.) : Oates, Faun. Brit. Ind., Birds, 

 ii. p. 88 ; Berez. & Bianchi, Aves Exped. Potan. Gan-su, 

 p. 55. 



This Forktail was rather common in the Chumbi Valley, 

 occurring up to very high altitudes : I omitted to prepare 

 any specimens. It does not occur in Tibet north of the 

 Himalayas — at least, in the part of the country that we 

 visited. 



"4- 28. RUTICILLA FRONTALIS. 



Ruticilla frontalis (Vig.) ; Oates, Faun. Brit. Ind., Birds, 

 ii. p. 91 ; Sharpe, Sci. Result. Yark. Miss., Aves, p. 86 ; 

 Oust., N. Arch. Mus. (3) v. p. 159; Berez. & Bianchi, Aves 

 Exped. Potan. Gan-su, p. 94. 



Nos. 1819. S; 1820. $; 1821. <J. Lamteng, Sikhim, 

 9000 feet, Dec. 21, 1903. Bill black, gape yellow; feet 

 black ; iris dark brown. 



Nos. 1839. S ; 1840. ? . Nyema, Sikhim, 8000 feet, 

 Dec. 30, 1903. 



Tolerably common in Sikhim in December : I did not see 

 it in the Chumbi Valley or elsewhere in Tibet. 



\ 29. Ruticilla schisticeps. 



Ruticilla schisticeps Hodgs.; Oates, Faun. Brit. Ind., Birds, 

 ii. p. 92; Oust., N. Arch. Mus. (3) v. p. 161; Berez. & 

 Bianchi, Aves Exped. Potan. Gan-su, p. 93. 



