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- 1933-08-05 - 1933-08-06 (Creation)
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Entries record bird specimens dated 5 Aug 1933 and notes of birds at 14,000 ft on Me La, with Lerwa lerwa common on Me La and Kang La and described as the silliest and least tame yet good table birds. The page also lists additional bird species and several plant specimens including Lactuca macrantha, Primula sapphirina, Arenaria melandryoides, Swertia hookeri, Meconopsis nepalensis, and Saxifraga montanella sp. nov.
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2177 ♂ 5. 8. 33 Troglodytes n. nepalensis ✓
2178 Juv. " Ithaginis tibetanus
2179 ♂ " " "
2180 ♀ " " "
2181 ♂ " " "
2182 ♂ " Tarsiger chrysaeus. ✓
2183 ♂ " Delichon n. kashmiriensis. ✓
2184 ♀ " Propyrrhula subhimachala. ✓.
Aug 10.
Birds at 14000 ft. among rocks & boulders of the Me La 6th August Me La
• Lactuca macrantha 416
Skin 501 Lerwa lerwa - Common on Me La & Kang La passes. • Prim. sapphirina 419.
we shot several & could have killed many more. • Arenaria melandryoides 420
With the exception of Ithaginis we thought them the • Swertia hookeri 421
silliest & least tame birds we had Meconopsis nepalensis 422
ever met. But they are good table birds. • Sax. montanella sp. nov. 423
• Pedic. megalochila f.
Skin 497 Lophophorus impe
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- Arenaria melandryoides (Subject)
- Delichon n. kashmiriensis (Subject)
- Ithaginis tibetanus (Subject)
- Lactuca macrantha (Subject)
- Lerwa lerwa (Subject)
- Lophophorus impe (Subject)
- Meconopsis nepalensis (Subject)
- Pedic. megalochila f. (Subject)
- Prim. sapphirina (Subject)
- Propyrrhula subhimachala (Subject)
- Sax. montanella sp. nov. (Subject)
- Swertia hookeri (Subject)
- Tarsiger chrysaeus (Subject)
- Troglodytes n. nepalensis (Subject)
