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SUMMARY:
The diarist compares specimens with No. 1621 from Tsari, noting disagreement with a Professor’s naming as P. griffithii. Specimens 3366, 3367, and 3383 are similar petiolarids; 3383 resembles P. hilaris from the Kashong La, with uniform flower color observed among thousands and occurring up to nearly 16,000 feet (highest seen 15,500). Specimen 3384 may be a white form of P. muscarioides, has green petioles, is very sweet-scented, and grows on steep cliff faces.

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Same as No. 1621 and others collected last year in Tsari. 1621 was named P. Griffithii by the Professor I think, though I did not altogether agree with him.

No. 3383. Prim sp. nov. Nos. 3366, 3367 and 3383 are all petiolarids, and are all somewhat similar. The colour of 3383 is very like P. hilaris of the Kashong La. There were no flowers of any variation in colour among the thousands seen today. They extend probably up to nearly 16,000, about 15,500 being the highest seen.

3384. Prim sp. Is this a white form of P. muscarioides? Petioles are not red at all but green. It is very sweet scented. Grows only on very steep cliff faces.

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Field notes describe specimen 3394 of Primula umbratilis, comparing its scent, flower shape, hairiness, and colour to specimens 3384 and 3301, and noting its habitats on cliffs and open grassy slopes. The page also mentions an unnamed river referred to locally as "Mangde Chu Tributary."

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3394. Primula umbratilis. This is, I think, the true P. umbratilis, and it would appear to be the same, or very near it, as No. 3384. They have in common, the identical scent, which is rather an unusual one. The flowers are both mainly the same shape: . This shape differs from No. 3301, which are: . Although this one 3394 was growing on cliffs, it was not on sheer rock faces, as was 3384. 3394 also was found below cliffs on open grassy hillslopes. The colour of 3301 had much more red in it. No 3394 reminds me of the colour of P. bellidifolia. The scape of 3301 is not nearly so hairy as 3394 or 3384. The latter two have on the whole, many more flowers per head than 3301.

x This river has no name. The locals merely call it "Mangde Chu Tributary".

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Notes compare Primula specimens: No. 2305, likely a variety of P. griffithii from 14,000–15,000 ft, resembling No. 21621 from Chikchar, Tsari (May 1936), with early, low, non-whorled flowering on open grassy slopes. No. 3227 is identified as P. hopeana, noted as unusually early; Cooper collected it on 20th June and 1st July, with later flowering previously observed in Tsari and in Tibet.

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Notes on Primulas in Tang Chu area.

No. 2305. This seems most likely to be a var. of P. Griffithii. I have not yet come across P. Griffithii, which is almost always found in forest, under Abies or Rhododendron, at 10-11,000 ft. No. 2305 comes from 14,000-15,000 ft. It resembles in many ways my No. 21621 from Chikchar, Tsari, taken in May 1936. The habitat is the same, open steep grassy slopes, where snow has lately melted. It grows in masses: it is almost precocious, and it has little or no farina. Probably to this can be added, it never flowers in whorls, or very large flowered. Where it most resembles 1621 is in flowering when only 1-2 inches high, when the leaves have hardly started to open, and in its habitat - well separated by 2,000 ft from the forest.

No. 3227 Primula Hopeana. If I am right in determining this primula as P. Hopeana, then it seems a very early flower. Cooper got it on 20th June and 1st July, whereas last year in Tsari we were finding it in August and quite late in Aug (or September). Its habitat seems much the same as in Tibet, (but the flower is more [narrowly bell-shaped] than [widely bell-shaped] which latter is how it grows in Tibet). It was certainly seen there, here where avalanche snow had prevented it coming up earlier, but this

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The diarist notes that a bird considered rare in textbooks is actually abundant at all altitudes in SE Tibet and seen daily. Multiple observation dates at Jora are listed, with a citation that Ludlow described Trochalopterum henrici in Ibis 77. The route is noted as five miles to Trashi Tongme where the Loro Karpo Chu forms the Chayul river.

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another rare avis according to the text book 180.6 11536
but abundant everywhere in SE Tibet. 1.0622
Henceforth be seen everyday 60 11536
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Lud. 59 v Ibis 77* -------
20 April. Jora (also 20 April, 22 Ap. 24 Ap. 8 May 24 & 25 May. 27 12253.53
26 July, 27 Sept. Ludlow 58. he described
Trochalopterum henrici Prince Henri's Laughing Thrush. through the country 5 miles to
details in Ibis 77 Trashi Tongme where the
Loro Karpo Chu joins the Loro
Karpo Chu forming the Chayul
river.

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Notes describe a poor road that, when rounding precipitous rock faces, was built on wooden parapets, and elsewhere on stone causeways. The page also includes a reference to Rh. Cindryi 1869 and T.T. Cooper.

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Ld p. 45. The road was a poor one on the whole. In rounding precipitous rock faces it was frequently built up on wooden parapets. Elsewhere it was erected on stone causeways. — Rh. Cindryi 1869. T.T. Cooper.

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Reassessment identifies specimen No. 2409 as Prim. Bellidifolia (atricapilla?), after earlier misassignments to P. umbratilis and P. Menziesiana. Notes that P. Menziesiana is No. 3301, P. umbratilis corresponds to Nos. 3384 (white) and 3394 (blue), and No. 2409 lacks farina on the leaves, differing from No. 3288.

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P. 2409. Prim. Bellidifolia (atricapilla?). I had foolishly
taken this to be P. umbratilis first, then P. Menziesiana.
The latter must be No. 3301, and P. umbratilis is 3384 (white)
and 3394 (blue). No. 2409 has no farina at all on the
leaves, and differs in this way from others I have seen, and I think,
from the specimens I took under 3288.

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Brief note comparing specimens 3316 and 3317, highlighting the marked red tube of 3317. Four groups of 3317 were marked for seed to test if they come true.

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3316 } These two grow together and are broadly the same, but
3317 } the red tube of 3317 is very marked. I have marked
four groups of 3317 for seed, to see if they will come
true.

SUMMARY:
Brief notes reference a description of The La or Dib La and mention other birds. The writer notes that from camp, on a clear day, one can see across the Nyam Jang Chu valley to Tawang, said to be two marches away.

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Ludlow p. 117-118
brief description of The La or Dib La.
other birds

The view (from camp) on a clear
day must be splendid as one looks
right across the Nyam Jang Chu
valley to Tawang which is said to
be only 2 marches distant.