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- 1933-09-09 - 1933-09-27 (Creation)
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Notes on bird collecting with Pintso and Dawong, including their roles and a plan to obtain Pnoepygas. Records movement down to the first camp, weather conditions, a fern list, and preparations by Ludlow for packing birds, with a report of 280 bird skins collected. Mentions dispatch to Trashingangsi and observations of oak-dominated forest.
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No damage done though. Pintso is rather peeved that he always gets less than Dawong if they are given guns. So he has taken out the .22 rifle and swears he will bring in some Pnoepygas somehow. Dawong's eyes are so sharp that he is great value when we are after birds. The sight of a tailless wren is almost too much for him and he gets terribly excited. If I ever come again, I will most certainly take Dawong with me.
a couple of miles lower down the valley - the camp of Sept 9th.
Polypodium griffithianum 979
" wardii 980
" dareaeforme 981
Dryopteris paleacea 985
Peranema cyatheoides 982
25th Sept. Lagnabi: Rocha Chu Valley. 8047' 2 miles. - Just fine, though cloudy all day. Down again to our first camp in this valley. It is considerably cooler than when we went up three weeks ago. Here the jungle
Quercus glauca?
is almost entirely oak, thick on the North face and thinner on the South.
26th Sept. Halted. Lagnabi - A good day with very little rain in the middle of the day. Sent Pintso and Dawong down to Trashingangsi. Dawong found all the potted flowers growing and sprouting new leaves. Ludlow fixed up some box sections for packing birds up. We have collected over
Birds
280 skins in the last month.
27th Sept. Halted. Lagnabi
