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anywhere else in Tibet. I shewed some skins to two Tibetans, 

 who were residents of Lhasa, and who possessed some know- 

 ledge of the names and habits of the common species : they 

 both said that they had never seen the bird before. 



79. Upupa epops. 



Upupa epops Linn. ; Blanf., Faun. Brit. Ind., Birds, iii. 

 p. 159 ; Sharpe, Sci. Result. Yark. Miss., Aves, p. Ill ; Oust. 

 N. Arch. Mus. (3) v. p. 139 ; Berez. & Bianchi, Aves Exped. 

 Potan. Gan-su, p. 46. 



a. 2 adult. Khamba Jong, 15,200 feet, Sept. 16, 1903. 



No. 110. S adult. Khamba Jong, 15,200 feet, Sept. 26, 

 1903. 



No. 1732. $ adult. Khamba Jong, 15,200 feet, Oct. 10, 

 1903. 



No. 1921. S adult. Gyantse, 12,000 feet, April 23, 1904. 



No. 2003. S adult. Lhasa, 12,200 feet, Aug. 15, 1904. 



Common up to the middle of October at Khamba Jong : 

 from April onwards there were large numbers at Gyantse 

 and Lhasa. The Tibetan name is " Pu-pu-pu-shu." 



80. Cypselus sp. inc. 



A Swift, of which I omitted to obtain specimens, was 

 common during the summer, especially in the Brahmapoutra 

 Valley. 



81. AsiO ACCIPITRINUS. 



Asio accipitrinus (Pall.) ; Blanf., Faun. Brit. Ind., Birds, 

 iii. p. 271. 



a, ? adult. Khamba Jong, 15,200 feet, Oct. 20, 1903. 



Bather common along a rocky range of hills near Khamba 

 Jong in October and November. I did not see this Owl 

 anywhere else. 



82. Bubo ignavus. 



Bubo ignavus Forst. ; Blanf., Faun. Brit. Ind., Birds, iii. 

 p. 284. 



a. ? adult. Khamba Jong, 15,200 feet, July 21, 1903. 



No. 2025. c? adult. Lhasa, 12,200 feet, Aug. 31, 1904. 

 Bill and claws black ; iris golden yellow. 



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