NOTES FROM SOUTHERN TIBET. 



BY 



Capt. F. M. Bailey, CLE. 



{With a pZafe.) 



The following Notes were made on a journey made in company 

 with Captain Morshead, R.E., in 1913. An account appeared in 

 the Geographical Journal for October 1914, and the places named 

 in these notes will be found in the map published with that paper. 

 I was unfortunate in having no one able to skin, which resulted in 

 fewer specimens being brought back than would otherwise have 

 been the case. Another misfortune which occurred was the theft 

 of all our shot-gun cartridges, and for two months we travelled 

 through country where no collector had ever been, without being- 

 able to secure a single specimen. Major Evans has described 

 the butterflies collected in Volume XXIII, pages 532-546, of the 

 Journal. A sketch map accompanies Major Evans' paper and a 

 brief itinerary : — 



MAMMALS. 



In the following list of Mammals those marked * were obtained and have 

 been presented to the British Museum. The small Mammals were identified 

 by Mr. Oldfield Thomas. No specimens of the animals marked f were 

 obtained, but the notes may be of some interest : — 



* The Mishmi Brown-toothed Shrew, Soriculus baileyi, Thomas.— Journal, 

 B. N. H. S., Vol. XXII, p. 683. A new species. 



* Sikkim Water Shrew, Nectogale sMiimensis, de Wint.— A dried skin 

 containing the skull and most of the flesh was given me at Sanga Choling by 

 a man who saw I was interested in animals. This skin was said to have 

 come from Karpo Valley (alt. about 12,000 feet). It was used as a kind of 

 charm, which when rubbed lightly on swellings on horses was said to cure 

 them, and for this reason was considered valuable, 



* The Mishmi Chestnut Rat, ^pzjnys brahma, Thomas. — Anzong Valley, 

 Mishmi Hills, (5,000 feet, 3rd May 1913. A new species. Journal, B. N. 

 H. S., Vol, XXIII, p. 231. 



* The Woolly Hare, Lepuis oiostolus, Hodgs. — Chmndakyang, 15,000 feet. 



* The Greyish Woolly Hare, Lepus oiostolus illuteus, Thomas. — -Kangsar 

 Tsangpo Valley, Tibet, 10,000 feet, 12th August 1913. A new subspecies. 

 Journal, B. N. H. S., Vol. XXIII, p. 232. 



* Hodgson's Mouse-hare, Ochotona cuvzonice, Hodgs. Nyima La, Tibet, 

 27th August 1913, 15,000 feet. 



Great Tibetan Sheep, Ovis hodgsoni, Blyth, were found in a few places. 

 At Kye Kye in the Upper Char Valley we heard of them but did not see any. 

 On the Nyala La, north-east of Tsona we saw many, and Captain Morshead 

 shot two and came on the carcass of one which had just been killed by 

 wolves. On one hill near the Pass, herds of Kyang, Gazelle and Oi'z'.s 

 hodgsoni were grazing mixed up together. They were also said to be found 

 on the Tulung La south-east of Tsona. 



