Part 120 - Specimens 2157–2166 and notes on birds in the Silver fir forests at & above Shengbe (03/08/1933)

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SUMMARY:
Specimen entries 2157–2166 are listed with species identifications, one dated 3 August 1933. Notes reference Ibis on the occurrence and habitats of shrikes, rosefinches, and Blood Pheasant in silver fir and rhododendron forests at and above Shengbe, and across Bhutan and Tibet.

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m. mollissima
2157 ♂ 3.8.33 Oreocincla dauma ✓
2158 ♀ - Pyrrhula erythaca erythrocephala ✓
2159 ♂ - Procarduelis n. nepalensis. ✓
2160 ♀ - Yuhina gularis. ✓
2161 ♂ - Myzornis p. pyrrhoura ✓
2162 ♂ - Chelidorhynx hypoxanthum. ✓
2163 ♀ - Lanius tephronotus. ✓
2164 ♂ - Aethopyga i. ignicauda. ✓
2165 ♂ - " - " - " ✓
2166 ♂ - Procarduelis n. nepalensis. ✓

Ibis 10. Birds in the Silver fir forests at & above Shengbe.
Ibis 283. Lanius schach tephronotus. Common in Bhutan in summer from 9000 upwards. Common in Tibet up to 14000 in favourable localities.
Ibis 470. Propyrrhula subhimachala subhimachala - Rose Finch. see Ibis 470
Ibis 473. Propasser edwardsii. Skulking Rose Finch rather uncommon. Found in rhod. jungle in silver fir forest between 10000 & 13000 ft.
Ibis 472. Propasser thura thura. Commonest Rose Finch in Bhutan & Tibet (S. of the main range) in summer.
Ibis 474. Procarduelis nipalensis. Common in summer between 10 - 14000 ft, chiefly in rhod. & silver fir forest. One of the most active amongst rocks & boulders well above the forest zone. Feed on Rhod. blossom in the spring.
Blood Pheasant
Ibis 499. Ithaginis cruentus tibetanus. very common in Eastern Bhutan in summer from 11 - 14500 ft. etc.
Ibis 468. Perissospiza carnipes carnipes common in W. Bhutan between 10 & 14000 ft. Scarcer in E. Bhutan. In breeding season almost entirely confined to dwarf juniper zone.

✓ Prim. sapphirina 391
✓ Prim. involucrata 393
✓ Mec. sinuata 394
✓ Prim. tenuiloba 395