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30. Lai secured enough moths to fill another box. I spent some time 

 copying anthropometrical measurements. 



Two °huan Mia?' aborigines came in. I took their anthropometrical measure- 

 ments, making a total to date of 26 men. 



Oct. 31. I walked to Beh Sou Chi, (40 li.) killing six birds . One 

 is a sparrow with a blue spot on the throat. 



filled and labelled box no. 450, dried* insects. 



Nov. 1. Last night I was un until two o 1 clock. A.M. packing and 

 skinning the six birds killed yesterday. I was kept busy from 6 to 11 o'clock 

 at a foreign halloween party. 



This morning I got the baggage off to the boat early. The cook was late 

 in getting breakfast. The boat travelled rapidly. We had to walk 30 li before 

 taking it. I got only one bird today. Lai is out with the lantern tonight after 

 moths. There is no fflo^e- now, but it is getting cold for moths . We will keep 

 working with the hope that late moths may be different from those that appear 

 earlier. 



I hope to get all my specimens off by N 0 v. 14, when my second year of 

 collecting since furlough will be over. I mailed box no. 450 today. 



I saw two birds with very long, curved bills feeding near the river bank, 

 but did not get a shot at them. They remotely resembled this: ^ s ^^7^\ 



(A light brown color, I think.) ' r hey are migrating. I think I got one years 

 ago. 



There are many of the large cranes around. They fly in V f s and their 



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cry is not unlike that of a wild goose. The Chinese call them /gan oh, or 

 wild geese. 



