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shooting with the 250 rifle [[strike through]]&[[/strike through]] which took several shots to bring this one down. It was a half grown [[symbol: male]] with the canines not yet protruding beyond the other teeth. The stomach contained seeds of a yellowish berry & purple pulp of another fruit & green leaf pulp. These 2 gibbons were quite noiseless & it was only by chance I saw this one. [[circled]] 6 [[/circled]] No gibbons were seen by either of us today altho they called in the morning. I shot a fine [[symbol: male]] silver pheasant in the forest, the first we have obtained. This one flew past me & I shot it on the wing. On turning round another [[symbol: male]] was seen not far away standing on an old tree trunk & I fired at him but he flew away unharmed & I heard him calling later. There was one hen & these two cocks which were rivals I suppose. The [[symbol: male]] makes a croaking clucking sound rather peculiar. [[circled]] 7 [[/circled]] No gibbons were secured or
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jeni92127 (31 Aug) reviewed
- unsure about "croaking"