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SUMMARY:
Travel account from Tsetang through Lhagyari over the Putrang La to the Tsangpo at Dzam, along to Nang Dzong, and via the Kongbo Nga La to Molo, noting wetter forests, pheasants, and a large black woodpecker, with arrival at Molo on April 14. Notes include Abba Lulla showing Bailey-related letters and observations of bar-headed geese and the valley's daily wind patterns.

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Ibis 53 . 26 March - April 14.

From Tsetang we proceeded to Lhagyari, a rich and important Dzong lying at the foot of the Putrang La 16,470. We were struck by the change in scenery on the eastern side of the pass. Bare barren mountains now gave place to whole slopes covered with birch & juniper, where pheasants of 2 species

Ibis 377 Crossoptilon crossoptilon harmani } lurked in the Rhododendron undergrowth
Ibis 382 Tetraophasis szechenyii

We were entering on the borders of a much wetter region than any we had passed through since leaving the Chumbi Valley.

From the Putrang La we descended to the level of the Tsangpo at Dzam where giant pollarded peach trees were already in blossom, and marched along the right bank for 4 days to Nang Dzong. At Nang we left the river to avoid a gorge, and ascended to the Kongbo Nga La which we had crossed in 1936. Here, very much to our surprise, we saw several specimens of a large, black, satanic-looking woodpecker

Ibis 369-372 Dryocopus martius khamensis - in burnt larch forest on the western slopes of the pass. From the Kongbo Nga La to Molo we followed our 1936 route reached Molo on April 14.

Go to p. 17a

Ludlow 19
Abba Lulla befriended Bailey in 1913 when he was robbed of all his money on his journey up the Tsangpo with Morshead. The old trader produced Bailey's letter of recommendation for our inspection & seemed very proud of it. He also showed us a letter from K. W. & Cawdor written in April 1924. Large number of bar-headed geese feeding on the newly sprouting grass near the landing ghat.

Ludlow 20.
The dust is very bad in this Tsangpo valley. Regularly every day the wind blows down the valley from 10 am until sunset. Then there is a short period of calm until 10 pm. Then the up-stream wind sets in & (often) blows throughout the night.

SUMMARY:
Lists pheasant species around Li-kiang with Ibis references and distribution notes across Yunnan, N.E. Burma, Mishmi Hills, and Szechwan, including regional divides. Also notes that ancient Li-kiang has a few stone houses, mostly ruined government buildings with flat roofs and bamboo, and only an old man and woman living there.

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Birds of the neighbourhood of Li-kiang. Reid Ibis 46
The Pheasants in the neighbourhood of Li-kiang are extremely interesting & quite different from those of the Manas basin.

• Lophophorus sclateri - Sclater's Monal - Ibis 376 - exclusive to the basin of Shweli-Salween divide in Yunnan.
• Tragopan temminckii - Temminck's Tragopan. Ibis 379. Yunnan, N.E. Burma, Mishmi Hills.
• Ithaginis cruentus kuseri - Kuser's Blood Pheasant. Ibis 381. Yunnan, also further east in Yunnan. West of Salween-Mekong divide.
• Tetraophasis szechenyii - Ibis 382-3. Yunnan & Szechwan, also N.W. Szechwan. The Tibetan Pheasant.
• Crossoptilon crossoptilon harmani - Ibis 377. (Blue Eared Pheasant)

L. p. 71 Li-kiang (ancient) a few stone houses, most of govt. are in ruins. Flat roofs. Any split bamboo wood sloping. Only inhabitants an old man & woman.

SUMMARY:
The diarist ascended the Na La through forest and traversed to the Pang La while traveling toward Tso Kar, searching for flowers and birds. Notes include observations of Heteroxenicus stellatus breeding among alpine rocks and a sighting of Snow Cock Pheasant (Tetraophasis szechenyii) across a wide elevational range.

CONTENT:
Migyitun

Ludlow page 104. Went up the Na La and Pang La, 2 passes Migyitun 30 August
on the road to the Tso Kar (Lake of the sacred one) which
is a place of pilgrimage. The Na La involved an ascent Primula verrucosa var. violacea
of some 3000 feet and led, as its name indicates, through forest. 1734, 1742.
On reaching the summit of the Na La I made a circuit flabellifera 1737
round to the Pang La in search of flowers and birds. macrocarpa 1743
Got 3 specimens of Heteroxenicus stellatus stellatus Paraquilegia anemonoides
Gould's Short-wing which has been found in East Nepal, 1744
Sikkim and Bhutan. This species extends its range still Meconopsis simplicifolia 1735
further eastwards. A common bird. Different from Rhododendron pumilum 1741
other Short-wings in not being a skulker. Although Caltha palustris 1745
it inhabits dense rhododendron and bamboo growth, it does not
shun observation and will ascend to the tops of bushes
to gaze at an intruder in a most confidential manner.
The 2 were shot in - wherever there are rocks and boulders in
the alpine zone, far away from all shrub growth. And
the birds were breeding amidst these surroundings.
--- shot on the next day ---
Also saw Snow Cock Pheasant Tetraophasis szechenyii - Ludlow 383
A common bird in Southeast Tibet. Found at all elevations between
11-15000 feet. Lives in fir forest and also inhabits Rhododendron scrub
in the alpine zone. - Specimen of Szechenyii 383.

SUMMARY:
Records the first specimen of Tetraophasis szechenyii (pheasant) at Miggyitun on 31 May, noting 'Lud. No. 382.' Also notes Magnolia globosa at Miggyitun on 1 June with the number 1747.

CONTENT:
Found first specimen of Tetraophasis szechenyii - Pheasant Miggyitun 31 May
Lud. No. 382.

Miggyitun 1 June
Magnolia globosa
1747

SUMMARY:
Notes from Bimbi La in Tsari District, Tibet, list plant specimens and record a specimen of a new willow-warbler (Phylloscopus tibetanus). The page also notes gamebirds such as Sclater's Monal, Temminck's Tragopan, and Kuser's Blood-Pheasant near Migyitun, with a reference to Tetraophasis szechenyii seen on 31 May.

CONTENT:
Bimbi La June 6.
Iris kumaonensis 1781.
Gaultheria pyrifolia 1782.
Pr. yargongensis 1783.
Pedicularis diffusa 1784.

Bimbi La - in Tsari Dist. 7 85 Tibet
L. Ibis 47
specimen of a new Willow-Warbler - Phylloscopus tibetanus.
Ibis 198
Bimbi La June 7
Berberis telomaica var. atripala 1885.
L. Ibis 47. Lonicera hispida 1786
Sclater's Monal, Temminck's Tragopan Potentilla microphylla 1787
Kuser's Blood-Pheasant are all to be found Rhod. paludosum 1788
on the hills near Migyitun either Mec. horridula 1789
here that we obtained our first specimen " simplicifolia 1790
Prim. calosa 1791
Tetraophasis szechenyii on 31 May where see
Ibis 382.