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Jong up to the end of November, and in somewhat larger 

 numbers at Lhasa in August and September : still they 

 were nowhere really common. The bird has a slow straight 

 flight. If fired at and missed, it usually settles again within 

 a hundred yards or so, and is a very easy bird to procure. 



-\~ 113. Larus brunneicephalus. 



Either this species or L. ridibundus was very common on 

 the Yam Dok Cho Lake in July ; but when I returned at the 

 end of September the Gulls had all gone. Shooting was 

 prohibited, and I was unable to obtain a specimen. 



114. Sterna fluviatilis. 



Sterna fluviatilis Naumann ; Blanf., Faun. Brit. Ind., 

 Birds, iv. p. 318. 



a. $ immature. Khamba Jong, 15,200 feet, Sept. 7, 

 1903. 



No. 1956. ? adult. Gyantse, 12,000 feet, May 3, 1901. 



In the autumn there were a good many of these Terns on 

 a small river near Khamba Jong, and they were very 

 common on all the streams and lakes during the summer. 

 The earliest date in spring on which I saw this species at 

 Gyantse was May 3rd. The Tibetan name for the bird is 

 " Ka-ka-ma." 



, 115. Phalacrocorax carbo. 



Phalacrocorax carbo (Linn.) ; Blanf., Faun. Brit. Ind., 

 Birds, iv. p. 310. 



There were a few Cormorants on the Tsang Po and Kyi 

 Chu Rivers, right up to Lhasa, in August and September. 

 I did not procure a specimen, but saw the bird often enough, 

 and at sufficiently close quarters, to identify it. 



116. Anser indicus. 



Anser indicus (Lath.) ; Blanf., Faun. Brit. Ind., Birds, 

 iv. p. 419; Sharpe, Sci. Result. Yark. Miss., Aves, p. 128. 



The Bar-headed Goose was the only Goose that I saw in 

 Tibet. It was very common on the Kala Tso and Kram (Bam) 

 Tso Lakes, a few miles from Tuna, from March onwards, and 



