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June 13. Went to Shiim Gien Si in a drizzling rain. Secured only one bird. 

 Secured soiae small fish and two varieties of turtles. The more yellow or brown 

 variety seems much more active, ^e blao3£ variety seems more indifferent or 

 inactive. The Chinese say the black ones are not so good to eat as the yellow 

 or "brown ones. 



(Today I heard that all the boats were being commondeered at Suifu and being 

 ta'Ken down to Luchow. 



June 14. A rainy day. Went to Kong Shi en. The limestone rocks iised to pave 

 the road are worn smooth and are veiy slippery in miny weather. Secured four" 

 birds, some fish, and some good moths. It is peculiar, but I secured some good 

 moths by disturbing the bushes and the grass at daytime, but at night practically 

 no moths came to the gasolene lantern, although it was a dark night. 



It is reported that there are many leopards in the mountains near here. 



June 15. I secured some fish today by means of the Smithsonian nets, and 

 also secured five birds and a giant leech. The last-mentioned is the largest I 

 have seen, and the only one of its land I have seen. The Chinese say it can stretch 

 out two feet long, but I doubt it. Secured a few small crabs. One bird I secured 

 is entirely black, and looks much like a crow, but its tail is slightly longer in 

 proportion and its body smaller. Its cry sounds like OhI Oh! Ohi Oh. « to the 

 Chinese, #iich means hunger. The Chinese therefore call it the hunger bird. This 

 is the first bird of this kind I have secured. I spent the morning netting for 

 fish and the afternoon after insects, and shot birds off and on all day. Spent 

 some time drying out the insects. Late in the afternoon and in the evening a number 

 of friends called. 



June 16. 'i^ravelled to Ohanglin or Changlinshien over a very muddy, sticlcy, 

 slippery road. Got few insects and no birds on account of the rain. Got a few 

 fish. It rained in the late afternoon so i stayed in and measured two Chinese and 

 one Chuan Miao aborigine. It began to rain vei^- hard about dark. 



June 17. It rained all night last night, and is raining this morning. This 

 rainy weather is cutting down the number of specimens secured to a mch smaller 

 amount than I would ordinarily secure. I got a smaller number of fish today than 

 I expected to, although some hard work was dene. 



June 18. The weather did not really clear up, but a few insects appeared. 

 I sec • ' lycatchers, one the more uncommon white flycatcher. 



I am having trouble preserving the bird bones without their getting stin^ 

 and full of maggots. I'll probably have to put arsenic on them in the future. I 

 dried my insects today. 



June 19. Arrived at ^gan Lin Ohiao a little after twelve. It rained last 

 night, and the road was muddy. It cleared up just enough so that the wasps came 

 out and I got a good catch. 



The aborigine is v/ith me, and he is going along to Suifu to help me get ready 

 for the sumer trip. I am assuming that the summer excursion will be possible, 

 although there is actually civil mr in the province. 



