SUMMARY:
Leaving Trongsa on 9 July, the party crossed the Yuto La, collected Suthora fulvifrons, and noted its behavior and iris color. They described a marked change in habitat on the pass’s eastern side, camped at Gyetsa, and reached Bumthang on July 11, receiving a warm welcome from His Highness the Maharaja.
CONTENT:
2003 9.7.33 ♀ Suthora f. fulvifrons.
2004 . ♂ Niltava n. nepalensis.
2005 . ♂ Horeites b. brunneifrons
2006 . ♂ Siphia strophiata
2007 . ♀ Fulvetta vinipecta
2008 . ♀ Lophophanes beavani.
2009 . ♀ Yuhina gularis.
2010 . ♂ Yuhina occipitalis.
Ludlow Ibis 9
Leaving Trongsa on 9 July we crossed the Yuto La, obtaining Suthora f. fulvifrons in bamboo growth on the summit.
Suthora fulvifrons fulvifrons Iris 26-27. This delightful little bird is utterly fearless of man. Its call is a faint mouse-like "Cheep" which is constantly uttered as it flits from stem to stem. The iris is red-brown.
The descent on the eastern side of the Pass (Yuto La) produced a startling change in scenery, woods of oak, maple & rhodo. giving place to beautiful fir forests with open grassy glades. We camped at Gyetsa, where we found Quail plentiful in the crops.
Short march of 6 miles brought us to Bumthang on July 11, the summer residence of His Highness the Maharaja, where we received the warmest of welcomes.
We stayed in
