The great plateau; being an account of exploration in Central Tibet, 1903, and of the Gartok expedition, 1904-1905 . shrimps, it isprobable the birds go there earlier in the year, though wesaw none at the time of our visit. We were agreeably surprised by Bum Tso, for here count-less numbers of geese, pintails, mallards, pochards, and tealwere seen; on account of the absence of cover, the 303rifle was found more useful than the gun. Some of theflock contained many thousands of birds. Tai Tso was another lake on which there was an almost APPENDIX 319 incredible number of birds of all varieties;

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The great plateau; being an account of exploration in Central Tibet, 1903, and of the Gartok expedition, 1904-1905 . shrimps, it isprobable the birds go there earlier in the year, though wesaw none at the time of our visit. We were agreeably surprised by Bum Tso, for here count-less numbers of geese, pintails, mallards, pochards, and tealwere seen; on account of the absence of cover, the 303rifle was found more useful than the gun. Some of theflock contained many thousands of birds. Tai Tso was another lake on which there was an almost APPENDIX 319 incredible number of birds of all varieties; the flight-shootingin the evening afforded excellent sport. There is good duck-shooting on the Kheo Eiver, on thebanks of which, near Noih, a woodcock and a couple of snipewere bagged. Earn chikor were found in large numbers to the west ofMemar Chhaka, and near all the villages in the Brahmaputravalley between Lhatse and Saka. During the night thebirds come down to the fields to feed, and in the earlymorning are to be found wending their way slowly up thehillsides. As a rule they are very tame, and easily 87 as 89 Majc-aptaen^ h Jtao ^Y-*^/*?! mi iBak la l-^n^^ ff f L 2I250 ?*^- 3^ 19560 r, * I 86

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