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  • Referring to the gardens again I saw thistle mums, small yellow with very thin petals - lovely The small forms are mostly varieties of the edible chrysanthemums At the ornithological Institute I examined specimens of the formosan race of P. [Phasianus] colchicus It is not the pale bird we have The female is about the colour of our [illegible word crossed out] chinese ringneck but lacks the spotting on the lower neck + upper breast. It is smaller. The [male symbol] is more sharply marked on the hackles, slightly paler than colchicus [underlined] + smaller. Nov [November] 17 [1957] Bangkok [underlined]. Arrived here at 8:30 this morning at the same time as a KLM flight from London + a Quantas from down under the result was complete chaos that took an hour to sort out. Finally we piled into a small bus with no leg room headed for town well directed by 3 girl science students from the university. We registered at the Erowen[?] + collapsed with fatigue + heat. The rainy season was late this year + last monday + [a] typhoon came through drenching the whole southern area. There is still water everywhere. The entire area around here is quagmire planted to rice, growing to several water plants new to me. We saw some herds of waterbuffalo on the way in, dark brown + red brown. Many had buffalo birds on their backs. Registered at the Congress + met Dr Chong Batournat the general secretary also the President of the Congress Prof. [Professor] Supachar V. Vadhana the chairman of my [illegible word] came over - seems like a good sort. Leung Sue is a botanist very to [word crossed out] interested in birds. His house phone 58805 or 6 office 30315 Biol. [Biology] Dept. [Department] Extension
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