256 On the Birds of Southern Tibet. 



No. 1786. ? adult. Khamba Jong, 15,200 feet, Nov. 20, 

 1903. 



No. 2012. S adult. Lhasa, 12,200 feet, Aug. 19, 1904. 



No. 2013. ? adult. 



The White-eyed Pochard was quite the most abundant 

 Duck in Southern Tibet ; it occurred at Khamba Jong up to 

 the end of November, was exceedingly common on the lakes 

 in the spring, and far outnumbered the other Ducks at Lhasa 

 in August and September. It certainly breeds at Lhasa, as 

 a " flapper/' unable to fly, was shot there at the end of 

 August. The Tibetan name is " Chhu-cha," i. e. Water- 

 bird. Although other members of the Commission besides 

 myself shot many Pochards, and although I inspected a 

 very large number of birds through field-glasses, I saw no 

 specimens of N. baeri anywhere in Tibet. 



Jr 125. Merganser castor. 



Merganser castor (Linn.) ; Blanf., Faun. Brit. Ind., Birds, 

 iv. p. 469. 



No. 1848. S adult. Gauthong, Chumbi Valley, 12,000 

 feet, Jan. 16, 1904. 



The Goosander is a resident species in South Tibet. I 

 saw and shot birds in the Chumbi Valley in January, and 

 they were fairly plentiful throughout the country from Tuna 

 to Lhasa. A few nested in the Gyantse plain. They paired 

 about the middle of April, when it was a common sight to 

 see them chasing one another, both sexes swimming very 

 rapidly with their bodies almost completely submerged. 



126. Podicipes sp. inc. 



A large Crested Grebe (probably P. cristatus) was common 

 on the Yam Dok Cho Lake (Lake Palti) in July. Owing to 

 the prohibition of shooting at the time, I was unable to 

 obtain a specimen, but have little doubt about the identi- 

 fication. 



A Little Grebe (probably P.fluviatilis) occurred rather 

 plentifully at Lhasa : I omitted to obtain any specimens. 



