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C. Koford
23
Journal
27 February 1962
Mr. Dharwar, Mysore, India
Again clear. About 0830 (why so late ?) we left for first large area,
ms. Aliyah 8 milepost. Then y. shrewd + photoged group 2 (1071148
5 inf.). He said no more pregnant, and that gm. I had 1788 and no
inf. About 11 a.m. about 6 of group in single tree, in 15' dam., & stayed
time long. Inactive at midday. But this group had been turned thru
watching + allowed approach to 10 yds. I y. said infra. areas, each
other much less than in macaques. I observed another group in open
30'tall nearly leafless forest where ground burned. Some ran off one
way, & some another - poor cohesion. (y. said or often runs away from
gp.). Across road amid will-spread shrubs with occas. trees (leafless),
largus ran on ground when I approached, and would not ascend tree.
(y. said they do ascend when dogs pursue.) / On ground one
"fleshed" cloud teeth at me, then left (teeth prom. in black face). (y.
said only or gnish teeth in aggr. display. y. said other 42 the take
infant from mother especially during first week of life.) I departed
Dharwar by train 1600 for Bombay.
28 February 1962. Arrived Pune 0625; on to Bombay on Decca Queen,
arriving 1030. Cloudless, misty, hot, still day. Phone Dharwar, Delhi, who
said successful trapping near Tonkhpur, about 3 mi. N. Bareilly, in
Kaunoh Hills area at Nepal border. / During day visited aquarium,
& Bombay Natural History Society headquarters. They had one large
room, about 30 x 80 ft., crowded with old wooden specimen cases + rusty
specimens. Very run down appearance, tho fair library & excellent
owl
balcony view to the bay. Talked with 2 men there, & with Salim Ali
(ornithologist) by telephone. A migratory bird census to be held
near Bharatpur, 107 mi. by rail from Delhi, in Rajbanton, Mar.
15- April 1. / Took evening plane to Delhi, arriving Ploom 2145.