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SUMMARY:
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

SUMMARY:
The writer moved camp to a site below Mera to avoid wind and dust, noting bearings for the Cholin La, Sirkim La, and the course of the Mera Chu. On 11 March at Trongsa, the writer and Tenduk searched the hills for flowers, finding Primula whitei common but most other plants not in flower, and noted impressive forests including Abies and Juniperus.

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up there, I moved down to a camp about 4 miles below
Mera, there the wind is not so bad, & there is no
dust. But I fear I won't get much even here. The only
sign of plants were Meconopsis (Meconopsis paniculata 1171,
Meconopsis nepalensis 1172) which of course is not
in flower. This was seen in several places. Blue Primula
(Primula whitei) or a little Gentian. As far as I can see, the Mera valley
here runs pretty well E & W, giving a bearing from Mera to
the Cholin La of about 280. The Sirkim La is one mile
off the road at a bearing of 170°. Mera Chu comes from
about 140° M heading 1 m above Mera, & again to the South
about 1 mile W of the Cholin La.

11th March. Halt. Trongsa, Tenduk & I spent from 6:30 till 2 pm
looking all over the hills for flowers. But we failed to find
any flowers at all, barring Primula 1166 (Primula whitei 1166), which is everywhere
where the moss is damp. I even saw it coming into flower
through the snow in places. The locals say it comes into
seed in the Bhutanese 9th month, but that seems too late
for this flower. Another Meconopsis (Meconopsis nepalensis 1172) was seen, not in
flower. The trees here are magnificent. Besides larch, rhododendron
& birch there are whole hillsides of Abies (spectabilis webbiana?) 1174
(Abies spectabilis 1174) & Juniperus recurva 1175.