Journals of expeditions to Mongolia from 1919 to 1930
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birds disappeared. Keeping my eyes on the spot I made up. Then they ever peat in the ground, necks outstretched. They did not attempt to run when I picked them up and put them inside the game pockets of my coat. They were most reduculous little fellows with numerous legs of jutting rocks. And yellow. Their bodies were covered with gray down, their heads with yellowish down. This gave them a bald appearance and with their slate colored legs, looked like two little old men in rubber boots. We named them Oscar & Clarence but they stay with us was not long. Clarence died two days later & Oscar fell off the cart & was lost the same next afternoon. They would eat soft rice & commercial I would have made delightful little pets. Clarence was considerably smaller than Oscar as is usually the case with mini birds or animals. The same is true with two young cats which Hansen has at Orga. Monday July 7 Whoa! The carts got away this a.m. I did ride on the hills in one of their mining grounds, we saw a cat of an eagle hunt my rights one set too high & I was shut all the time. From when I had them down to 2nd