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T. Cambaikssis, Gmcl. Pegu. 



T. suKATEXsis, Gmel. 



T. tigrina, Tem. Ai"ik;ni. Pegu. T(>niissni-im. Xicobiirs. 



T. tign'nns, according to Blyth, is luirdh' more than a xm'a-. of suratensis. 



T. uuMiLis, Tern. Toung-ugoo. Tunasscrim. Andamans. 



T. htmilior, llume. 

 T. EisoRius, L. Pfgu (not common). 



T. THAJi'QUKB.tBiciJS, Hermann. Arakan. 



This species would seem to be replaced to the south by Jiumili'i. 

 T. siBiATA, L. Pakchan and Southern Tonasserim. 



Fdmihi Gouridse. 



The liurmese menibers of the family of gnnuid doves may be divided into 

 PhapitKC or ground doves, and Ciila-nina or !Xieol)ar ground i>igeous. 



I'lIAPIX.P,. 

 CuALCorHAPS IXDICA, L. Arakan. Pegu. Tenassorim. Andamans. Nieobars. 



CALiEXIXiE. 

 Cal.t:nas xrcoBARicrs, L. Andamans. Cocos, and the Mcrgui Archipelago. 



Tliis bird breeds in thousands on Batty !XIalve, for a description of which, its only 

 known breeding station, see S.l'. ii. p. 94. 



Order GALLINiE. 

 The order of gallinaceous birds embraces not only many showy and eminently 

 beautiful birds, but the most useful to man of the whole class. Two families only 

 are represented within our limits, the Phadanidte and the llcgiqwcUidw. 



Faiiillij Phasianidse. 



Tliis family emliraces the sub-families Pavoninm or Pea-fowl; Arijina or Argus 

 pheasants; 7'//«.s/««/«rt; or Pheasants ; and G^rt/Z/wos or Poultry. 



PAVOXIX.!;. 



Pavo 3IUTICCS, L. C'hittagong. Arakan. Tenasscrira. 



Oo-doung. 



Blyth says this species is replaced in Silhet and Assam by F. cridatas, L., and 

 that it is darker coloured and less vividly coloured in Burma than in Java. 



Dr. Mason says that the Burmese consider that wliere there are peacocks, there 

 are tigers, and tliis I believe is equally believed in India. Doubtless the country 

 adapted for peacocks suits tigers as well. The peacock is also believed to be 

 jiartieularly affected by the presence of a tiger, perhaps from sometimes falling 

 a victim to it, and in some parts of India the metliod of drawing them witliin shot, 

 and inducing tliem to quit their cover, is by having a cardboard representation of 

 a tiger, and coloured like that animal, drawn by a native on wheels througli the 

 jungle which peacocks arc known to be sheltered in. The cry of the ])eacock is 

 tliought to herald rain, and also wlien heard at other times is supposed to indicate 

 that a tiger is on foot in the neighbourliood. Lord Walden remarks: "The occur- 

 rence of this species in Burma offers a notable instance of the fact that Javan forms, 

 unknown in the Malay peninsula south of Pinang, and in Sumatra and Borneo, 

 reappear iu Burma." 



augix^t;. 



AuGUS GIGANTEUS, Tem. Pakchan. Bankasun, and perluips 



as far north as Mergui. 



