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Kinchenjunga was for [[strikethrough]] many [[/strikethrough]] some years the highest measured [[strikethough]] my [[/strikethrough]] mountain in the world but is now second to Everest which is less than 1000 feet higher.  The peaks which are seen on either side of Everest are lower than Kinchenjunga.
[[circled]] 14 [[/circled]]  I had arranged to leave the hotel at 3 A.M. & ride to Tiger Hill if the weather was clear but rain continued all night & morning & dense mist hid the landscape.  Birds are singularly few in species or numbers near the station & scarcely a bird note is herd.  The plum colored Mina the only common bird.  A few black rooks are to be seen at times & some flycatchers [[strikethrough]] in [[/strikethrough]] or kinglets in the trees.  I believe I have seen only some 4 species of birds here.