SOME yOTES OX BIRDS FROM GYANTSE IN TIBET. 



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Bar-headed Goose {ANSER INDICUS}. 



A description of the nesting of the Bar-headed Goose appeared 

 on p. 3G7 of Vol. XIX. The nests are fonnd at E.ham tso 

 (14,700) at the beginning of June. 



Brahmin}^ Duck (GASABGA RUTILA). Tib.— '■■ Ancjba Serjpo:' 



I have taken nests at Gj^antse (13,100) and at Tuna (15,000) 

 in Majr. The nest is found in a cliff, sometimes more than a mile 

 from water. 



The Ruddy Sheldrake is the only duck of which I have 

 obtained eggs, but I have seen broods of young Mergansers (M. 

 castor') on the river in summer at a height of about 14,000 

 feet. 



LIST OF GAME SHOT AT GYANTSE AND IN THE CHUMBI 

 VALLEY DUEING THE YEARS 1906-1909. 



Black-necked Crane {Grus nigricollis) (1) . . 

 Demoiselle Crane {Anthropoides virgo) (1) . . 

 Bar-headed Goose (Anser indicus) (I) 

 Ruddy Sheldrake {Casarca rutila) (1) 

 Common Sheldrake i^Iadorna cnrnuta) (1) 

 Mallard {Anas boscas) 



Pintail [Bafila acuta) . . . . 



Gadwall {Chaulelasmus strepserus) 

 Wigeon {Mareca penolope) 

 Common Pochard [Nyvoca ferina) 

 White-eyed Pochard {Nyroca africana) . . 

 Tufted Pochard {Fuligula fidigula) , . 



Red-crested Pochard {Netta vvfina) 

 Shoveller {Spatula clyptea) 

 Common Teal {JVettium cvecca) . . 

 Garganey Teal {Quevquedula circia) 

 Goosander [Mergus castor) 

 Himalayan Solitary Snipe (Gallinago solitaria) 

 Snipe [Gallinago coelestis iS,- stenura) 

 Eastern Golden Plover {Charadrius fulvus) 

 Green Plover ( Vanellus vulgaris) 

 Tibetan Partridge {Perdix hodgsonice) 

 Tibetan Snow-Cock {Tetraogallus tibetanus) 

 Tibetan Sand-grouse {Syrhaptes tibetanus) (2) 



17 



3 



644 



134 



1 



172 



205 



185 



41 



26 



10 



26 



2 



22 



140 



256 



38 



70 



287 



150 



4 



509 



13 



118 



(1) Killed only at G-yantse and north of the Tang-la- 



(2) Killed only in the Chumbi Valley . 



