70 Ornithological Observations in the Sutlej valley. [No. 1, 



071 V««Hm cristate 31 eye r (III. 643), has been observed 

 in the neighbourhood of Suket, it breeds at the beginning of May ; it 

 is also not uncommon in the Indus valley about Lei, in W. Tibet. 



; L «™« ~, amel. (III. 618) is common on 

 marshy riee fields all through the lower hills, especially about Belas- 

 poor, extending in the Sutlej valley as far east as Rampoor, or up to 

 elevations of about 4,000 feet. It does not go into Tibet. _ 



273. Sco t oP A x 1 «sT I co Li ,i-«.(ni.6T0 ) ,is ra the r eommoninthe 

 Jests of the lesser ranges between 4,000 and 10,000 feet ; it breeds 

 about and beyond Chini, and is occasionally seen also in _W Tibet 

 it is common in winter in Kulu and along rivers in other valleys 

 of the southern Himalayas. 



274 Gaixinaoo solitaria, Sodgs. (Ill 6 I 3), and 

 7 5 : Oiu—o — , Bona P . (HI. 674), have both been 

 procured in the southern part of Kulu and near Kotegurh during the 

 winter though I never met the species here in summer. 



276 R™a bengals, Linn. (III. 677.) is rarely seen in 

 the hills ; I procured a specimen on a marsh above Belaspoor (in Oc to- 

 Z) and another one on the Wollar lake in Kashmir (in September). 



277 Acr ITI socH R oPUS,ii»».(in.698). Solitary specimens are 

 always' met with along the Sutlej river ; the species is very common 



all through W. Tibet. 



278 Totals sxaonahs, Be cist. (III. 701), is still more com- 

 mon than the last species, and at certain times of the year to be met 

 with wherever there is a pool of water along the banks of rivers. 



279 Anser indicus, G m . I. (HI. 782), and 



2 a Casaroa m * - U. (HI. 791) , sol itary specimens 

 both these species are occasionally seen in the »^™^*<H 

 on the Sutlej river ; they breed in very large numbers on the lakes 

 W. Tibet and Central Asia. _ . 



Many specimens of Gasarea, Anas and Anser remain even in wmtei 

 ,n Tibet, on places where the water of the lakes does not freeze on 

 account of subterranean hot springs. 



