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SUMMARY:
Notes bird activity near camp, including a ruby throat nest with two young, redstarts, pipits, and ravens. Sends a letter to Ludlow and discusses a three-day route to Shao through jungle and passes, considering going to Tsona, with plans to wait about a week and then return via the Tulung and Dza las.

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3rd Aug. Mago.

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Gent. bryoides 756
" elwesii 758
Prim. involucrata 757
" macrophylla 761
Corydalis 759
Lonicera parvifolia 760
Meconopsis bella 806
Sax. sphaerulifera 807
" montanella 808 & 809
Rhod. aganniphum 811
Anemone rupicola 813

Don't know, or a youngster. I think there should be some good birds about here if one had the time to look, or it were clear enough to see. A raven has been at camp often, p. thura thura are everywhere; another dark finch keeps to the clearings, sits tight in the primulas. Today I found a ruby throat nest with two young in it. Redstarts abound, as do pipits probably hodgsoni. Sent a letter off to Ludlow today. There is no doubt one can get to Shao from here. It is a three days journey, mostly through jungle, & crossing three passes. I think it would be worth our while to try to go to Tsona that way. Our plans just now are to wait for a week or so then return as we came by the Tulung & Dza las. Until I can get a view of the country I cannot tell where to go

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Sh. Aug. Prim. tenuiloba 395. Prim. pygmaeana of rev. 397. Prim. macrophylla 400. Prim. dickieana 401.
Prim. calderiana 412. Gentiana tubiflora 398, Gent. infelix 399. Diapensia himalaica v. typica 403,
Draba stella-aurea var. polyadena 406. Cyananthus spathulifolius 408, Sax. hispidula 410
Notholirion bulbuliferum 411. Cremanthodium thomsonii 414.
Time for heavy rain vs thunderstorm.
at Shingbe

5th August. I went up myself to a spot close to the Meba & took the flower photographing app. with me, & there collected & photographed 12 species. Before leaving camp, took a further eight. Then home & spent till 6.0 pm developing - a good 12 hours work. Heavy rain in the evening. There are some Tibetans here, whose remarks about my flower photography are amusing. They told our men, that it had rained hard till we came here, but that I was like a lama, & with my box of tricks was putting off the rain. They also thought the reason we were collecting butterflies was to take home & make new dyes for our clothes. The present dirtiness of our clothes may have warranted this remark.

at Shingbe
6th Aug. Fine from 6.0 am till 12.0 noon. Went up towards the Meba, & wandered about the hillside. I climbed up a rocky hill & found snow cock, but failed to shoot any. The day was completely spoilt for me by my discovering that Damong has been very lazy & has not been changing the drying paper. He has made an awful mess of all the fine flowers collected here. I haven't had time to check him, & he has taken advantage of that. It is a great disappointment to me. I thought he was a better man than that. I photographed a little Tibetan girl who is up here with some yakherds from Tibet. She is a pretty little thing,

Prim. capitata subsp. crispata 451
Aconitum 452 (aff. leucanthum)

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2526. Prim. (Sikkimensis) from Trakan La (from plant brought to Migyitun). Migyitun 11/8/36.
2527. Saxifrage (stella aurea). Above camp Nala. Migyitun 1/9/36.
2528. Prim. hookeri. 1 white flower found (Pet?). Nala. 1/9/36.
2529. Prim. caveana (Jaffreyana?). Pang La. 1/9/36.
2530. Prim. atrodentata-like? Na La. 2/9/36.
2531. Prim. macrophylla (nivalis). Pang La. 2/9/36.
2532. Prim. rhodochroa (1737?) v. small. Pang La. 2/9/36.
2533. Mec. argemonantha UNIRIPE X. Migyitun, Pang La. 31/8/36.
2534. Little Sapphirina prim. (P. flabellifera). Migyitun W valley. 30/5/36.
      2437? Geranium reflexed. (Kyimpu). Bimbi La. 6.9.36. (Druchung La 25/7/36).
2535. Prim. (Nivalis) (macro v. macrocarpa). 15000' Bimbi La. 7.9.36. By waterfall. 5/6/36.
2536. Prim. Valentiniana (odontica approx type). Chikchar. 6.9.36. Open grass hillside. 13/6/36.
2537. Mec. argemonantha. ripe. 1 capsule. Cliff face. Pang La. 31/8/36.
2538. Rhododendron pumilum. Chikchar (Podzo Sumdo v small). 6.9.36. Open hillside.
2539. Saussurea tridactyla. Bimbi La. 15500'. Open stony hillside. 7/9/36.
2540. Gent. tubiflora (?). Open stony hillside 15500. Bimbi La. Sur La. 15/8/36.
2541. Blue green Gent. (Gen. namlaensis). Bimbi La. Sur La. 15500' Open stony. 15/8/36.
2542. Gent. phyllocalyx (big one). Stony open hillside. Bimbi La. 15500'. 8/9.
2543. Prim. macrophylla. stony open hillside. Bimbi La. E of camp. 8.9. 15500'.
2544. Prim. nivalis? (macroph. ex macrocarpa). Nala to R. waterfall. 9.6.36. Bimbi La. E of camp. 9.6.36. 9/9/36.

SUMMARY:
Page lists plant specimens with collection numbers and localities across Dhur Chu, Goshon La, Jin La, Namda La, Lintang, and Shu Chu. Taxa noted include Anemone rupicola, Carduus, Primula species, Trollius, Meconopsis, Polygonum, Cremanthodium, Pedicularis, Swertia, and a white Crucifer.

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19135 Anemone rupicola Dhur Chu. 3-10
19467 Carduus sp. " "
19750 Prim. macrophylla. Goshon La " X
19785 " sapphirina Dhur Chu. " X
19791 " glabra " " X
19792 Trollius Ranunculus sp. Jin La. "
19793 Mec. bella Namda La " X
19794 Polygonum sp. 2" spikes. Jin La. " X
= 19441 ? 19795 ? Namda La " X
19796 Prim. geraniifolia. Lintang "
19797 Cremanthodium yellow. Namda La "
19798 Pedicularis sp. Jin La. "
19801 Swertia aff hookeriana. Namda La "
19802 (2) Mec. simplicifolia Dhur Chu. "
19803 Crucifer white = 1937 acc Jin La " X

• 804 Prim. pusilla " " X
• 6 (2) Mec. horridula " " Goshon X
• 7 Polygonum sp. 4" tassels. Shu Chu " X
  = 19464 - 8 Prim. sikk. Hopeana red tube Goshon La "