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7,500 feet. 1-7-13. Nest of grass lined with hair on the ground under a tuft 

 of grass. 3 fresh eggs. These eggs were not identified with the bird, but 

 Mr, Stuart Baker is of opinion that they are unmistakeable. 



Black-naped Green Woodpecker, Gecinus occipitalis. — Showa, 9,000 feet 

 i37-6-13. 



The Black Woodpecker, Picus martins. — Tongkyuk,Po Me, 8,500 feet. 9-7-13. 



Common Indian Nightjar, Cwprimulgus, asiaticus. — Mipi, Dibang Vallev, 

 4,800 feet. 13-5-13. 



Hutton's Owlet, Athene hactriana. — Ohumdakyaiig, 15,000 feet. 2-9-13. 



Rufous Turtle Dove, Streptopelia turtur ovientalis. — Tibetan name 

 "Didigugu." Showa, Po Me, 9,000 feet. 28-6-13. These doves along with 

 Parrots and Choughs do some damage to the crops in Po Me and boys 

 are kept in the fields to scare them away. 



Speckled Woodpigeon, Dendroteron hodrjsoni. — Dem, Po Me, 8,000 feet. 

 29-6-13. Pe, 10,000 feet. 14-7-13. Numbers were seen in Po Me, and in 

 the Lower Tsangpo Valley. Perches on trees in flocks of from 10 to 15. 



Sclater's Monal, Loliophorus sc/rcfe/'z.— Tibetan name (Po Ba dialect) 

 " Dong " Chulikatta Mishmi name Pui-Di. Common in the Upper Dibang 

 Valley, and on both sides of the Yongyap La. Cocks weighed 5 lbs. in May. 

 Is very noisy in the evenings. These birds when chased by a dog refused to 

 fly until nearly caught when they would fly into a tree and remain there 

 while the dog barked below. Our dog actually caught one. They were 

 usually found in small flocks of two or three individuals. In Po Me Monal 

 Pheasants are found, though no specimens were collected. It appears that 

 both L. sclateri and another similar bird with a crest of long feathers are 

 found together. This is probably L. Ihuysi, but possibly L. refulyens and 

 is called " Tse " by the Pobas. Monal Pheasants were also seen on the Se 

 La and other places near Tawang, but no specimens collected. 



Temmink's Tragopan, Tragajmn temminclci — Tibetan name " Bop ". 

 Common in the Upper Dibang Valley and also in Po Me at suitable elevation. 

 At the end of July several broods were seen in the Tsangpo Valley near 

 Pemakochung at altitudes between 7,500 and 9,500 feet. In the uninhabited 

 region about here these birds were very tame and only moved a few yards 

 off when disturbed. More than two or three were never seen together. Cocks 

 weighed about 3|^ lbs. in May. We were told that there were tragopans in 

 the Tsari Valley and some were seen on the Tse La near Tawang ; a specimen 

 obtained here by Captain Molesvvorth is described as Tragopan blythi moles- 

 worthi by Mr. Stuart Baker in Vol. XXXV of the Bulletin of the British 

 Ornithologists' Club, p. 18. 



Kuser's Blood Pheasant, Ithagenis kuseri. — Tibetan names : Poba dialect, 

 "Siri''. Kong Bo dialect, ''Seto". Siri is also the name given to 

 /. geoffroyi which is found on the eastern Tibetan border. /. cruentus 

 in the Clmmbi Valley is called " Semo ". Very common and confiding 

 in the Upper Dibang Valley. Also common in Po Me. It lives at higher 

 elevations than the Monal and Tragopan and was fi-equently seen 

 on snow but, always in forest, and prefers dense undergrowth. 

 Gathers together in flocks of ten to twenty. It does not fly readily. A nest 

 was found in a depression on the ground under a bamboo at an altitude of 

 10,000 feet in the Upper Dibang Valley, at the end of April, which contained 

 three fresh eggs of which Mr. Stuart Baker gives the following description: — 

 ^' The eggs of /. kuseri are exactly like those of /. geojj-royi and are remark- 

 ably like weakly coloured specimens of those of the grey hen. The ground 

 colour is a rather warm reddish buff and the whole surface is densely covered 

 with speckles and small blotches of rich blood red. In od« egg all these 

 markings are very small with the exception of one large blotch near the 

 smaller end. In the other egg there is a fairly well marked broad ring of 



