Part 12 - Bird observations and Ludlow notes at Nyung La and Pachakshiri

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SUMMARY:
Notes record a blackbird and Conostoma at about 14,000–14,500 ft, and mention Ludlow at Nyung La and Pachakshiri, with no further Ludlow field notes until 14 July. A Ludlow diary excerpt describes shooting an Ixops identified as I. daflaensis, previously obtained by Godwin Austen in 1875; Deutzia hookeriana (1908) and Sibia nipalensis daflaensis are noted.

CONTENT:
Blackbird seen, common, at the extreme of
rhododendrons, about 14500'.
Conostoma at about 14000'.

Ludlow at Nyung La
Pachakshiri
Deutzia hookeriana 1908
no further Ludlow field notes
until 14th July
Ludlow diary 145. 'I shot an Ixops
which is a different bird to the Bhutan
Ixops & appears to be I. daflaensis'
which was obtained by Godwin Austen
as far back as 1875 - see d. Ibis 54.

• Sibia nipalensis daflaensis.