Field notes, v1409
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CKford Journal 2 March 1962 Nr Tanakpur, India reversing close to other; some wing holding out (incident?), + 2 attempts to mount, tho subordinates kept walking. The black of wings is black velvet; striking. Jungle crow, singing high large hawks [black + white barrigo], small, one wings from below; light across near wingtips), Forested slopes; trees to 70'. Finally road open & drove to point 20 miles from Tanakpur, or shore of the wide (50 yds.) river. Much cut timber sawt roughly to seize, floated down-river all day. Many Nepalese carrying baskets on backs with temp line ahead, going along trail all day; few women. They ate browned rice concoction + liver for lunch. | We had gone up about 5 mi. past Poongiri dam site, where some blasting + rockwork. | Today trapper had taken 26 monkeys in morning. There were jammed into two sacks and one small cage (2' x 3' x 1½'). Trapsite was on a 10' wide trail through forest on river level, within 100 (?) yds. of wheatfield. | Across river on Nepal side I saw 8+ rheas in alder-like trees on river level, in trees 6' to 20' up; apparently new small leaves. All said very dreadful punishments for catching monkeys in Nepal. Ehta. photos of area; oles of gop. largens over home roof, + trapping site on trail. | Logging northly of .5al, while her straight trunks + conifer-like branch. This sawed into timbers of various sizes, some 10" x 16" x 20; by hand. Saw shaped (main handle) about 8' long. | We reached trap (the usual nit; corn bait) at 3 p.m., & had no time to watch. So returned to base camp & devoured our chapatties, & finally underway back toward Tanakpur. But a truck stuck on road, some set for 2 hours.