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Range: The eastern portion of the eastern phiteau (along the river 

 Mae Khong from Sakon Nakhon to Khu Khan) and the south- 

 eastern provinces. 



Genus SYRMATICUS Wagler 



Syrmaticus huniiae burmannicus (Oates) 



Calojjhasis burmannicus Oates, Ibis, ser. 7, vol. 4, No. 13, January 



1898, p. 124 ('The Ruby Mines district," Katha District, 



Sagaing Division, and Kaiaw [lat. 20°38' N., long. 96°34' E.], 



Hsamonghkam State, Southern Shan State, Upper Burma). 



Range: Mountain forests of the northwestern provinces (Chaiya 



Prakan, Chiang Mai). 



Genus POLYPLECTRON Temminck 



Polyplectron bicalcaratum bicalcaratum (Linnaeus) 



[Pavo] bicalcaratus Linnaeus, Systema naturae, ed. 10, torn. 1, 



1758, p. 156 ("China," error; type locality corrected to Thaung- 



ya Sakan, Amherst District, Tenasserun Division, Lower 



Burma, by Lowe, Ibis, 1925, p. 477). 



Range: Evergreen forests of the northern plateau, the northwestern 



portion of the eastern plateau (Phetchabun), and of the western 



and peninsular provinces south to Prachuap Khiri Khan. 



Polyplectron malacense malacense (Scopoli) 



Pavo {malacensis) Scopoli, Deliciae florae et faunae insubricae, 

 pars 2, 1786, p. 93 (Malacca, ex Sonnerat). 

 Range: Evergreen forests of the peninsular provinces from the 

 Isthmus of Kra to the extreme South. 



Genus ARGUSIANUS Rafinesque 



Argusianus argus argus (Linnaeus) 



[Phasianus] Argus Linnaeus, Systema naturae, ed. 12, torn. 1, 

 1766, p. 272 ("m Tataria Chinensi," error; type locality cor- 

 rected to Sumatra, ex Latham). 

 Range: Forests of the peninsular provinces from Prachuap Khiri 

 Khan to the extreme South. 



Genus PAVO Linnaeus 



Pavo muticus imperator Delacour 



Pavo muticus i7n2)erator Delacour, Ibis, vol. 91, No. 2, Apr. 1, 1949, 

 p. 348 (Plateau des Bolovens, Sara vane Province, Laos). 

 Range: Lowland forests of the northern and eastern plateaus and 

 of the western and peninsular provinces south to Prachuap Khiri 

 Khan. 



