April 50, 1924. Mailed box Ho. 161 - insects. Went to 

 LA Chuang by boat. Saw some strange ducks, but did not get a 

 shot at them. Practically all ducks have migrated northward. 

 There was a big idol procession at £d Chuang that drew thousands 

 of spectators. 



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May 1, 1924. Travelled about 18 miles to Gi 4 Tien 1 Ba 4 . ' 

 Got two small birds and a few small insects. Shot at a yellow- 

 necked small white heron, a long-distance fly shot, but did not 

 get the bird. 



May 2, 1924. Travelled about 12 miles to Muh Jiu Piu . 

 Killed a desirable bird, or rather wounded it. It dropped over 

 a cliff. A farmer appeared and tried to catch it. I told him 

 not to take it by the tail, but he did, and all the tail 

 feathers came out. I turned the bird loose. Another bird was 

 shot to pieces and so was useless, but a third was secured in 

 fine condition - a yellow one with black feathers. 



May 3, 1924. At this time I found that the coolie 

 at home had left out all my ammunition I had told him to put 

 in, so had to hire a messenger and send him to Suifu after it. 

 Reached Muh Jiu Piu. Killed a pretty yellow bird with black. . 

 Killed another bird. A Chinese caught it by the tail and 

 pulled all the feathers cut, spoiling it. 



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May 4, 1924. Reached Li Tuan Tsang.- 

 Shot one bird yesterday with the shotgun and blew 

 it to pieces, so that it was useless. Another was wounded, 

 but a Chinese caught it by the tail, and all the tail 

 feathers came out. I turned the bird loose in the woods. 

 At Li Tuan Tsang 7 killed a bird with bright blue bill, 

 bright blue eyelids, and a brovm tail with two long feathers 

 and short ones. Body slightly bigger than a sparrow. Wing 

 brownish red, head shining black - probably a flycatcher. 

 Went on six miles to Hyan Lin Chiao. 



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May 5, 1924. Went to Tong Fo Gin,' about twelve miles 

 south of Hyan Lin Chiao. Killed three heron, white, with 

 yellow on necks and backs. One heron white on breast, dark 

 blue on back, etc. Total of six birds. Found coolie did 

 not put in any arsenic! I One brown bird, probably a fly- 

 catcher, secured an uncommon butterfly generally found 

 on oak leaves. 



