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I found a tape-worm in the bowels of the golden-headed male duck, and so 

 I am preserving the intestines of the bird, and all the pieces of the tape-worm 

 I could find, to send to the Smithsonian Institution. 



There are five or six local c hinese fishermen and hunters that are collect- 

 ing for me as efficiently as though they were hired collectors . It takes all the 

 spare time I have to care for the specimens* 



Nov. 16. Labelled boxes No. 465 and 466, skeletons of birds and one 

 rabbit. Also 467, skeletons of birds . 



I have not heard from my family for two months and six days, and am much 

 worried about it. I am sending a telegram to Shanghai to cable to America for 

 information. 



Nov. 17. w ent by boat to Li c huang. Shot one duck, but it escaped. 



It was a cold, rainy day. 



Nov. 18. W e went overland to Gi Tien Ba, south of Li Chuang. The 

 path was very slippery and muddy. Got a very few insects . 



Nov. 19. Travelled from Gi Tien B a to Li Chuang. Killed 13 birds 

 and caught a few insects . Caught one mammal no. 515, which had its skull 

 ruined in the trap. 



The road was very muddy, and in places difficult for travel. 



Nov. 20. Went by boat to Suifu, mailed boxes 465, 466, 467, 



Nov. 21. A strange duck was brought in to me today. It is much like 

 a meganser, but is about half as large. That is, it is much like Mergamus 

 squama tus and its relatives. 



The moon rises about midnight now. T he netter is using the lantern to 

 secure night moths. I want to catch night moths this year as long as they will 

 come to the lantern in order to see whether or not new varieties appear in the 

 late autumn or in the winter time. 



