Part 112 - Trashiyangsi to Me La bird notes and species list

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SUMMARY:
Notes describe reaching Trashiyangsi and traveling north up the Kulong Chu River to the Me La on the Tibetan frontier, with dates in late July and early August. The page lists numerous bird species observed around Trashiyangsi with remarks on abundance and elevation, and includes specimen entries for Seicercus xanthoschistos (dated) and Molpastes cafer bengalensis.

CONTENT:
2118 ♂ 29.7.33 Seicercus x. xanthoschistos.
2119 ♂ - Molpastes c. bengalensis.

Lud. Ibis 20.

Trashiyangsi was reached on July 26. From here we turned north up the Kulong Chu River, into unknown country, & reached the Me La, on the Tibetan frontier, on Aug 4. Four stages intervene between Trashiyangsi & the Me La. Of the birds we encountered in the valley I may mention the following:
At Trashiyangsi

Ibis 283 Lanius nigriceps nigriceps - Open country to 6000ft.
Ibis 284 Lalage melaschista melaschista. Open forests in E. Bhutan where it did not appear to be plentiful.
Ibis 287. Seicercus xanthoschistos xanthoschistos - no records from W. & C. Bhutan. Common from 6000ft downwards. In scrub as well as in dense forest - the most frequent in Bhutan.
Ibis 483 Aethopyga ignicauda. Common in Bhutan & S.E. Tibet south of the main axis. In deciduous & coniferous forests. In this zone above 10,000, etc etc.
Ibis 484 Aethopyga nipalensis nipalensis - inhabitant of deciduous & lower coniferous zone in Bhutan. Quite common.
Ibis 285. Caprimulgus indicus jotaka. up to 9000ft. Not often seen.
Ibis 31. Garrulax albogularis albogularis. - Laughing Thrush - the commonest Laughing Thrush in Bhutan within its zone of distribution. It occurs in colonies - see Ibis 31.
Ibis 29. Dryonastes caerulatus caerulatus - a silent bird local in its distribution.
Ibis 46. Molpastes cafer bengalensis very common below 5000-6000ft.
Ibis 485. Picus chlorolophus chlorolophus a tame bird scarce above 4000ft.
Ibis 493 Sphenocercus sphenurus sphenurus Fairly common in East Bhutan.