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with a long blue pendant gular neck of a brilliant blue marked by flat cross bars. This mark resembles the Chinese character for longevity & the bird is called by this name (Tso-che). It is considered very lucky to shoot one of these birds. I reached camp at 4 P.M. at a small village called Ta-hua-ping which is on the new road to Teng-yueh, the old road which went thru Tai-ping-pu being longer & disused now. Here we were surrounded by heavy forest clothing the hills & the place looked favorable for mammal collecting. [[circled]]9 [[/circled]] Our catch of small mammals was only 4 specimens & 2 species. At dusk I saw a large Ratufa or else a flying squirrel on tree where I was watching for bats. It rained hard at noon & remained overcast all day. In the P.M. when setting traps in the forest I encountered a large herd of gray
Transcription Notes:
gular = relating to or situated on the throat of an animal, especially a reptile, fish, or bird.
jeni92127 (31 Aug) reviewed
- unsure about "marked"
- some of the transcriber's "&"s were "+"s in the original document.
- most likely "2 species" but there is a slight possibility of "9"