SUMMARY:
Bird specimens are listed for 30 May, 31 May, and 1 June 1933, including a Yellow-beaked Blue Magpie prepared as a skeleton for the museum. The page includes notes on Lachung and Yamthang, mentioning grassy clearings, a rest house like that at Sharithang Nis near the Ho Chu, and the valley’s rich forests.
CONTENT:
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30.5.33 ♀ Ianthia c. rufilata. Red flanked bush robin ✓
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" ♀ Pyrrhula erythrocephala Red headed bullfinch. ✓
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" ♂ " " - - - ✓
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" ♂ Anthus hodgsoni. Indian tree pipit. ✓
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" ♂ Pyrrhoplectes epauletta Gold headed black finch. ✓
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" ♀ " " - - - ✓
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" ♂ Ithaginis cruentus. ✓ Blood pheasant.
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" ♂ Phylloscopus magnirostris. Large billed willow warbler. ✓
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" ? Phylloscopus t. trochiloides. Dull green willow warbler. ✓
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" ♂ Hemichelidon sibirica cacabata. Sooty flycatcher. ✓
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31.5.33. ♀ Urocissa flavirostris flavirostris. Yellow beaked blue magpie
made into skeleton for Museum. -
1.6.33 ♂ Tarsiger c. chrysaeus. Golden bush robin. ✓
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" ♂ Laiscopus c. nepalensis. Eastern alpine accentor ✓
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" ♀ " " - - - ✓
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" ♂ Propasser t. thura White browed rose finch. ✓
Lachung; Yamthang really means the mud meadow which is rather a misnomer as there are grassy clearings in the forest both above & below the rest house. The latter is built on the same plan as that at Sharithang Nis, near the junction of 2 considerable streams which together form the Ho Chu. The valley a large one & rich forests on both sides & is decidedly pretty.
