L. Forró szerk.: Miscellanea Zoologica Hungarica 8. 1993 (Budapest, 1993)

Bankovics, A.; Csorba, G.: Report on a collecting trip to Vietnam in 1990

MISCELLANEA ZOOLOGICA HUNGARICA Tomus 8. 1993 p. 65-67 Report on a collecting trip to Vietnam in 1990 by A. Bunko vi cs and G. Csorba (Received 10 June, 1993) Abstract: A brief report and an annotated list of collecting localities of the expedition is given. The main goals were to capture vertebrates and carry out ornithological observations, though invertebrates were also collected. Key words: Vietnam, zoological collecting, list of localities Introduction Within the framework of an agreement between the Hungarian Academy of Sciences and the National Center for Scientific Research of Vietnam, our expedition of the Hungarian Natural History Museum visited Vietnam in 1990. According to our original plan we wanted to arrive in Saigon but we got plane-tickets only to Hanoi. Despite our surprising arrival in the NSCR in Hanoi on 7th of November, the scientific staff of the Institute was very resilient. With their help we could join the expedition of five scientists of the Zoological Institute of Leningrad two days later. We spent six days in Tarn Dao (for the description of the locality see Mészáros et al. 1987) where we collected 11 mammalian and 30 bird species mainly by mist-net and during the investigation of bomb-shelters in and around the village. In addition we bought some shot animals from the villagers and collected insects at mercury-vapour lamp almost every night. The second (and even shorter) trip was made to Quang Chu (for the description of the locality see Matskási et al. 1989). The trip in this promising place was pityfully short, but we could visit some caves and net birds during the one and half days there. Finally, we made a short excursion to the Ha Long Bay, and after the total of 18 field-days we returned to Budapest on 23rd of November. Acknowledgements We wish to express our gratitude to the scientific staff of the NSCR of Vietnam, especially to Dr. Dang Huy Huynh, Dr. Cao Van Sung and Dr. Truong Van La, and to the zoologists of the Zoological Institute of Leningrad for their altruistic help.