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several years did not 3mow about the existence of those caves. It snowed 

 last night. I saw some fine "birds today, and expect to get in some good 

 collecting before going doim the river. 



feb. 5. Today I got away from conferences and conventions and went for a two- 

 hour bird-htmt. I got four birds. I expect to do more hereafter. X saw 

 one strange bird I did not get a shot at. Purchased a large fish. 



Feb. 7. I have been very busy with conference and comiittee meetings, giving two 

 addresses today, one in English and one in Chinese, besides attending con- 

 ference and conEBittee meetings. I make my last address tomorrow morning, 

 after which I expect to get busy and secure all the specimens I can. The 

 sun shone today and the snow is melting away. 



Feb. 8. This afternoon I went out and secured twelve birds. One variety includ- 

 ing a male and two females (probably) I do not think I ever secured before. 

 Another variety, three specimens, I feel less sure about. I may have secured 

 it at Suifu during a spring migration. A third variety is a very tiny brown 

 bird. 



Feb. 9. Today I took a longer trip, and climbed a mountain covered with wood. Most 

 sti'angely there seemed to be no birds there at all. On the lower level I got 

 four birds at three shots, a black and a parson crow, and two others, all very 

 common. 



Feb. 10. Today I was busy with conference meetings. I secured the traps, etc., in 

 the hands of the netter Chen, reckoned accounts with him and took care of some 

 of the bird specimens that have been accumulating. 



Feb. 11. Today I skinned and prepared the skeletons of all the birds I secured 



during the past week. I had to save the skeletons instead of the skins of two 

 birds because the skin on the stomachs of those two birds had rotted away. 



Feb. 11. Spent some time labelling the specimens that have been secured by the 

 collector Chen. The conference closed today. 



Feb. 12. Took a hunting trip on the river. Secured four birds, three having long, 

 curved red bills, and a circle of red around the pupil of the eye. I got a 

 duck with a yellow, golden circle around the pupil of the eye, color of 

 feathers mostly black and white. 



Feb. 13. I climbed a sacred mountain called Tseo Gong San, which is covered with 

 snow. To surprise all the birds and large mammals have gone down to lower 

 levels where feeding is better. I have set some traps. The snow is slowly 

 melting, but it is cold. I killed three birds, two very common ones, and a very 

 gray sparrow hawk. Tomorrow 1*11 hunt on a lower level a few hours, then go into 

 the city. 



I saw a large eagle such as I killed near Yachow a few years ago. 



Feb. 14. Came to the city in a heavy min. Secured only two common birds, but saw 



