Part 158 - Specimen records and Tibetan route from Lhakhang Dzong to Gyantse (September 1933)

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SUMMARY:
Lists several bird specimens dated late August and early September 1933, followed by an outline of the journey from Lhakhang Dzong across southern Tibet. The route passes via Kuru Chu, Towa Dzong, Monda, Monda La, Tö Monastery by Pomo Tso, Tö, Ling, along Yamdrok Tso to Nangkartse, over Karo La to Gyantse, and then back to India via Phari to Kalimpong.

CONTENT:
2316 31.8.33 ♀ Propasser pulcherrimus waltoni
2317 - ♂ - -
2318 1.9.33 ? Ianthia c. rufilata
2319 - ♂ Emberiza godlewskii khamensis
2320 - ? Phoenicurus schisticeps Adelura coeruleocephala
2321 - ♂ Dendrotreron hodgsonii

No 11. From Lhakhang Dzong our journey in Tibet is of no great interest from the ornithological point of view. The avifauna of the plateau is remarkably uniform throughout its vast extent. Most of the species we met with are familiar to everybody who has studied this region. I propose only to outline our subsequent route. On leaving Lhakhang Dzong (Sep. 3) we ascended the Kuru Chu to Towa Dzong (Sep. 5) and Monda (Sep. 9) & crossed the unexplored Monda La to the Tö Monastery on the eastern shore of the Pomo Tso Lake (Sep. 10). From Tö we proceeded to Ling (on Sep. 11) skirted the western shore of the beautiful Yamdrok Tso reached Nangkartse (on Sep. 13) 4 stages from Lhasa. We then turned west over the Karo La to Gyantse (reached on Sep. 24) returned to India by the Phari road to Kalimpong, which we reached on