yo'ri:s from southern tibet. 



rather lai-ge deeper coloured blotches than elsewhere round the centre of 

 the egg. The texture is very hard, close grained and smooth, and there is a 

 decided gloss. The eggs measure 46 X 32-2 and 45 X 32 mm. They are 

 very true oval in shape." Some blood pheasants, probably of this species, 

 were seen on the hills on the right bank of the Tsangpo below Pemakochung 

 at about 11,000 feet. We were told that there were blood pheasants in the 

 Tsari Valley. Blood pheasants were also seen on the Poshing Poshinla La 

 in Monyul, probably /. tihetanus, described by Mr. Staurt Baker from a 

 specimen obtained by Captain Molesworth (Bulietni of B. O. C, Vol. XXXV 

 p. 18). The Mishmis trap the pheasants in their country and also the hill 

 partridges (Arboricola) in the following way : — A light fence is made of twigs 

 about 18 inches in height, usually along a contour of the hill in the forest. 

 In this gates are kept open just wide enough to admit a bird, and in these 

 openings a noose made of fine roots and fixed to a bent springy bamboo. 

 The birds when feeding wander down to the fence and do not fly or hop 

 over, but follow it until they reach one of the gates and the first bird to pass 

 is usually caught. 



Harman's Eared-pheasant, Crosso-ptilon narmani, Elwes. — Tibetan name, 

 " Cha-nga". This bird occurs in Po Me, where I found feathers and scratch- 

 ings, though I was never fortunate enough to come on the birds themselves. 

 It is common in the Lower Tsangpo Valley in Tibet. The farthest point 

 west at which we saw it was the east side, Putrang La, where there were 

 numbers in the rhododendron scrub at about 15,500 feet. The lowest 

 elevation at which we found this pheasant in the Tsangpo Valley was at 

 about 9,300 feet at Gyala, but I saw traces of them in Po Me at about 8,500 

 feet. In the valley of the Tsangpo itself the highest point upstream at 

 which we found these birds was the neighbourhood of Nang Dzong. They 

 were plentiful in the valley of the Char, which is a branch of the Subansiri, 

 but none were found west of the Pu La which is the watershed between the 

 Tsang Po and Subansiri m this region. There were many on the Takar La 

 and the Le La. They were heard calling near Natrampa on the Lower 

 Chayul Valley, but they do not appear to extend west of these places. They 

 were said to be common at Tsari in winter, but we saw none. These 

 birds move about in flocks of about 5 or 10, and frequent forest-covered 

 hiUs, and at higher elevations dwarf rhododendron jungle, where they feed 

 on the grassy clearings among the bushes. They are very noisy in the 

 early morning and less so in the evening. Their call is like that of C. 

 tibetanum. When alarmed they usually fly into a tree ; the flight is heavy 

 and usually downhill. The beaters on seeing these birds would make a noise 

 like the barking of dogs, on which the birds fly into a tree and are easily 

 shot. They say that if th«y do not make this noise the birds fly a 

 considerable distance. Broods of freshly hatched chicks were seen 

 at Gyala, 10,000 feet on 18th July, while about the same time a speci- 

 men of a larger chick was shot. A well-grown young one was shot on the 

 Putrang La on 24th August. These birds are trapped by Tibetans in the 

 Lower Tsangpo Valley. Adult specimens in the flesh measured, males 31|^, 

 33 J, 35 J inches and females 34 and 34| inches. This bird was first obtained 

 by the late Lieut. Harman, R.E., through one of the Tibetan explorers and 

 described by Mr. Elwes in 1881 from a single imperfect skin ; he suspected 

 that this skin had been obtained from the Lower Tsangpo Valley, but its 

 exact habitat has not been known until now. 



Common Hill Partridge, Arboricola torqueola. — Tibetan name, Sipimg Lulu, 

 Chulikatta Mishmi name, "Pao-Er" : Nepaulese name "Peora", This bird was 

 found in the Upper Dibang Valley at about 8,000 feet elevation. A juvenile 

 specimen was obtained in Po Me at Trulung, 8,000 feet, on 6th July. Is 

 always found in thick forest. 



