80 Capt. II. J. Walton on the 



start does not frequent the vicinity of houses or cultivated 

 fields. I never saw it anywhere else than in very bare, 

 treeless, and mountainous country. It seems to realise 

 that its plumage renders it an extremely conspicuous object, 

 and is much more wary than the other Tibetan Redstarts. 



33. Cyanecula suecica. 



Cyanecula suecica (nee Linn.) ; Oates, Faun. Brit. Ind., 

 Birds, ii. p. 99. 



Cyanecula ceerulecula Sharpe, Sci. Result. Yark. Miss., 

 Aves, p. 89. 



No. 108. S adult. Khamba Jong, 15,200 feet, Sept. 26, 

 1903. Bill black ; feet very dark brown ; iris dark brown. 



Nos. 127. ? ; 147. ?; 148. <?; 1750. <J. Khamba Jong, 

 15,200 feet, Oct. 4-10, 1903. 



No. 2052. <? adult. Lhasa, 12,200 feet, Sept. 21, 1904. 



The Red-spotted Blue-throat occurred at Khamba Jong 

 in September and the early part of October, and at Lhasa 

 during the same season of the year : it probably only passes 

 through S. Tibet on migration. 



T 34. Calliope pectoralis. 



Calliope pectoralis Gould; Oates, Faun. Brit. Ind., Birds, 

 ii. p. 103 ; Sharpe, Sci. Result. Yark. Miss., Aves, p. 90. 



No. 1725. ? adult. Khamba Jong, 15,200 feet, Oct. 5, 

 1903. Bill black ; feet very dark brown; iris dark brown. 



No male example of this species was obtained : it is possible 

 that the specimen should be referred to C. tschebaiewi. 



35. Merula maxima. 



Merula maxima Seebohm ; Oates, Faun. Brit. Ind., Birds, 

 ii. p. 123 ; Sharpe, Sci. Result. Yark. Miss., Aves, p. 91 ; 

 Oust., N. Arch. Mus. (3) v. p. 142. 



No. 1851. cJ immature. Gauthong, Chumbi Valley, 

 12,000 feet, Jan. 19, 1904. Bill dull yellow, tip and nasal 

 region dusky ; feet very dark brown ; iris dark brown. 



I only saw this species at comparatively low altitudes in 

 the Chumbi Valley. 



