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The afternoon was spent in descending [[strikethrough]] the [[/strikethrough]] a small stream to the valley of the Yung-ping Ho which is intensely cultivated to rice & contains many villages, the largest Yung ping Hsien. [[strikethrough]] Our [[/strikethrough]] The camp was pitched in the middle of the [[strikethrough]] par [[/strikethrough]] valley on the riverside near Chu-tung. During trap setting in the valley I flushed a quail the only one I have seen in China. A Sparrowhawk perched on a telegraph pole saw it at once & caught & killed it. I shot at the hawk after it had carried its prey some distance & it departed leaving the dead quail in the field where I found it later.
[[circled]] 19 [[/circled]] Altho the valley is a level stretch of rice fields with a broad stream in the middle new geese or ducks were seen here.
The traps [[strikethrough]] ye [[/strikethrough]] failed to catch any mice & no runways of rodents were seen. The Yun-nan flora lacks compositae to a great extent. I have seen only a few species [[strikethrough]] of [[/strikethrough]] & these are are

Transcription Notes:
compositae is an alternative name for the flowering plant Asteraceae