250 Capt. H. J. Walton on the 



marshes at Lhasa. The Tibetans call this bird "Ti-rig," 

 and say that it is a resident species, though it does not occur 

 elsewhere than at Lhasa in the country that we visited. 



' 105. FlTLICA ATRA. 



Ful'ica atra Linn. ; Blanf., Faun. Brit.' Ind., Birds., iv. 

 p. 180; Sharpe, Sci. Result. Yark. Miss., Aves, p. 145; 

 Berez. & Bianchi, Aves Exped. Potan. Gan-su, p. 6. 



Coots abound in the marshes at Lhasa, but were not seen 

 anywhere else. I shot two or three, but have mislaid the 

 skins. 



• 106. Grus nigricollis. 



Grus nigricollis Przew. in Rowley's Orn. Misc. ii. p. 436, 

 pi. ix. (1877) ; Sharpe, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. xxiii. p. 258 

 (1894). 



No. 2039. Lhasa, 12,200 feet, Sept. 3, 1904. 



The head and neck only were preserved, and the sex was 

 not determined ; the bird appeared to be a young adult. 

 Bill greenish horny ; feet black ; iris pale yellow. 



This Crane is fairly common at Gyantse and Lhasa, 

 especially at the latter place. It probably breeds at Lhasa, 

 as I saw a very young bird there at the beginning of 

 August. The loud cry of this species is very like that of 

 the Sarus (G. ant iff one). At Gyantse the Cranes were very 

 wild, aud I tried in vain to procure a specimen, but they 

 were much tamer at Lhasa. 



107. Charadrius fulvus. 



Charadrius fulvus Gm. ; Blanf., Faun. Brit. Ind., Birds, 

 iv. p. 234 ; Sharpe, Sci. Result. Yark. Miss., Aves, p. 136. 



No. 2044. (J . Lhasa, 12,200 feet, Sept. 13, 1904. 



I shot the only Golden Plover that I saw in Tibet at 

 Lhasa in September. There were none, I think, at Khamba 

 Jong during the autumn migration the year before. 



108. Ibidorhynchus struthersi. 



Ibidorhynchus struthersi Vig. ; Blanf., Faun. Brit. Ind., 

 Birds, iv. p. 249; Berez. & Bianchi, Aves Exped. Potan. 

 Gan-su, p. 4. 



