Handwritten China journal of Edmund Heller (3 of 5)
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Mammals of Burma Border 1 Hylobates Heard dailing prailing the note, a rising whoop of great volume + capable of carrying a meter & half. The birds consisting of 3 or 4 to 1500 in extent of mixed ages. Old & big themselves, their call uttered only in morning & bright days from dawn to noon. On cloudy weather until late afternoon. 2g & 1yg & collected. 2 Semnopithecus Seen in herds of 40's to 40, mixed sexes & ages. No call note when alarmed a squeaking note to keep them together. Found a large herd near Karen. Nearly born are carried on the backs of parents with grip on the impression that the parent has orange red underparts