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Cuculus optatus c. bakeri
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Bird specimen notes (19–21 June 1933) and note on Penlop's guest house
Bird specimen notes (19–21 June 1933) and note on Penlop's guest house
LSH/1/1/1/1/64 · Part · 1933-06-19 - 1933-06-21
Part of The Ludlow & Sherriff Collection

SUMMARY:
Entries record a female Cuculus optatus c. bakeri on 19.6.33, a male Dendrotreron hodgsonii on 20.6.33, a male Tragopan satyra, and a female Propasser t. thura on 21.6.33. A note headed "Ludlow 22." describes a recently built, ornate 3-storied guest house by the Penlop, set around a flag-stoned quadrangle with suites at the four corners.

CONTENT:

  1. ♀ 19.6.33. Cuculus optatus c. bakeri Himalayan cuckoo. ✓
    1935 ♂ 20.6.33 Dendrotreron hodgsonii. Speckled wood pigeon. ✓
    1936 ♂ - Tragopan satyra. Tragopan. ✓
    1937 ♀ 21.6.33. Propasser t. thura. Nepal white browed rose finch. ✓

Ludlow 22. The Penlop has recently built a most imposing 3-storied guest house, decorated in the usual ornate fashion of the country. It occupies the centre of a flag-stoned quadrangle at the 4 corners of which are suites of rooms for guests.