232 Capt. H. J. Walton on the 



Jong at the end of October. A month later they became 

 quite common near the village. Large flocks assembled and 

 kept up a constant noisy twittering, settling frequently on 

 the sides of rocky precipices. They were scarce at Tuna, 

 and were only seen there after heavy falls of snow. In 

 July and August they were very common in all the more 

 barren and uncultivated tracts from the Karo La Pass 

 onwards to Lhasa. 



57. MONTIFRINGILLA MANDELLII. 



Montifringilla mandellii Hume, Str. F. iv. p. 488 (1876) ; 

 Sharpe, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. xii. p. 262 (1888); Oates, Faun. 

 Brit. Ind., Birds, ii. p. 244. 



No. 1859. S adult. Phari, 14,500 feet, Jau. 27, 1904. 



No. 1860. # adult. 



Nos. 1881, 1882. S adult. Tuna, 15,000 feet, Feb. 14, 

 1904. 



No. 1883. (J adult. Tuna, 15,000 feet, Feb. 19, 1904. 



No. 1900. s adult. „ „ March 22, 1904. 



I first saw this species about Phari and the Tang La Pass 

 in January at altitudes of from 15,000 to 16,000 feet; it is 

 evidently a bird of the highest elevations. After very heavy 

 falls of snow it used to appear about Tuna for a few days, 

 but went away as soon as the snow melted. During the 

 summer I observed it only on the highest passes. The 

 Tibetan name is " Go-pang." 



4 58. Fringillauda nemoricola. 



Fringillanda nemoricola Hodgs. ; Oates, Faun. Brit. Ind., 

 Birds, ii. p. 247. 



No. 1729. £ immature. Khamba Jong, 15,200 feet, 

 Oct. 7, 1903. Bill brownish horn-coloured ; feet dark 

 brown ; iris brown. 



I saw this bird only on one occasion at Khamba Jong, 

 when I shot a specimen out of a small flock. 



59. Fringillauda brandti. 



Fringillauda brandti (Bp.) ; Oates, Faun. Brit. Ind., Birds, 

 ii. p. 248. 



