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-seen below 15,000 feet. By the end of May it had paired off but had not 

 commenced to nest. 



The Black-necked Crane, Gvm nigricollis. 



I saw three specimens of this crane on the Tsokr Chumo Lake in Rupshu 

 on 2nd June 1919. I succeeded in shooting one whose head and wing I 

 brought back for identification. The Champas informed me it bred there. 

 Its call note is very similar to that of communis. 



The Ibis-bill, Ibidorhynchus struthersi. 



Saw several specimens of this strange bird in and near the islands of the 

 Maroo Jliver just below Inshin in the Wardwan Valley in July 1919. It is 

 a sure find here as I have seen it in this neighbourhood on two previous 

 -occasions. 



The Eastern Redshank, Tringa totanus eurhinus. 



Seen in pairs on the Tsokr Chumo Lake, Puga Valley, Tso-Morari Lake 

 and Ooti Plain, but it does not breed in these places until after the month 

 of May. 



Came across large numbers of this bird in the Rungdom Valley above 

 Suru on 5th July 1919. Found two empty nests in the midst of small 

 bushes amongst the swamps. From the behaviour of the parent birds, and 

 the piercing cries they uttered, it appeared as though their young had 

 been hatched. 



The Himalayan Solitary Snipe, Gallinago solitaria. 



Shot a specimen in the Puga Valley in Rupshu where it doubtless 

 breeds. 



The Fantail Snipe, Gallinago coelestis. 



Shot a specimen in May 1919 on the Ooti Plain beyond the Tso-Morari 

 Lake in Rupshu. This was the only specimen I saw in Rupshu. 



The Brown-headed Gull, Larus hruneicephalus . 



Abundant on the Tsokr Chumo and Tso-Morari Lakes, but it had not 

 commenced to lay by the end of May. 



The Common Tern, Sterna hivundo tibetanus. 



Pairs seen in the Rungdum Valley on 5th July 1919 but no eggs taken. 



The Bar-headed Goose, Anser indicus. 



Common oc the Rupshu Lakes where it breeds in June. 



The Brahminy Duck, Casarca rutila. 



One of the commonest birds in Rupshu breeding in holes in the sur- 

 rounding i-aountains, often at a great altitude and at a considerable dis- 

 tance from water. The Ladaki is an omnivorous feeder but this is one of 

 the few animals he will not touch. 



The Goosander, Merganser castor. 



Fairly common along the banks of the Indus above Leh and on the 

 Ptupshu Lakes. The crops of a pair of birds I shot were full of a species 

 of eel-worm. Breeds here. - 



