[Journal, June 18 to November 26, 1929]
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26 Trucial August 31, 1929 Weather fine Warm. Motored up to the forest in the morning and skinned in the afternoon nothing very interesting in the way of birds and nothing in mammals squirrels, parrots both too large & the small green. microceles, drongo, acoua which large trave is good, beeaters, sapongs, kestrel, doves, called crows, Eheatras, common wood pidgea in "Crested Cows" large numbers but weary that is all that I can remember. September 1st 1929 Weather fine Warm Went over to a march 35 km South of Trucial on the Iraqi Long oboy. There were lots of Glossy Ibis; about fifty in a flock (flock sen) Ardeia salociles (Pond heron). I shot one and saw another. There was also an or two whitehead bird that resemble a gull that I could not get near enough to shoot. I also shot a Centropus at Snoulou, a blue king fisher Glossy Ibis = Glossy Ibis = Glossy Ibis = Glossy Ibis =