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ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

Thanks to Anthony LO for leading the trip and thanks to CW LAM for sorting out the day to day costs and the others for their good companionship.

Yu Yat-tung, Ronley Lee, Mike Kilburn, and others who shared their experiences of this area with us beforehand.

A Qinghai bird list was kindly provided by Richard Lewthwaite and translated by Carrie Ma, which was used as a record template.

REFERENCES

A Field Guide to the Birds of China – OUP 2000 - by John Mackinnon and Karen Phillipps

Finches and Sparrows – An identification guide – Helm 1993 – by Peter Clement, Alan Harris and John Davis

The Mammalian of China –China Forestry Publishing House 1999 – by SHENG Helin et al.

Tibet Autonomous Region – Gizi Map (Undated) 1:2 000 000 - includes Qinghai

Qinghai and Xizang (Tibet), with W Sichuan, China, July 16 – August 14, 2006

By Remco Hofland – Internet Trip Report

Tibet (Xizang and Qinghai Provinces) – China 29 May – 27 June 2005

By George Wagner – Internet Trip Report

Qinghai Province: A birding trip to the Tang – Tibet Ancient Trail

By Carrie Ma – a trip report published in bulletin 204 of HK Bird Watching Society Ltd.