THE IBIS 



EIGHTH SERIES. 



No. IV. OCTOBER 1901. 



XXXIX. — On the Birds of the Southern Shan States, Burma. 

 By Lieut. -Colonel G. Rippon, 7tli Burma Battalion. 



(Plate XI.) 



The tract of the Southern Shan States in which I collected 

 is bounded approximately to the east and west by the 

 meridians of East longitude 97° 50' and 96° 30', and to the 

 north and south by the parallels of North latitude 20° 45' 

 and 19° 30'. I have not, however, visited the south-west of 

 this area and have not seen any birds thence. 



The chief centres and lines from and along which I have 

 worked are Kalaw, about 4400 feet above the level of the 

 sea ; Tounggyi, about 5000 feet ; Fort Stedman, about 3300 

 feet, where there is a large lake, and the hills to the eastward 

 run up to 6400 feet ; Loi Mai and Loi Maw, both peaks of 

 above 8000 feet ; Bampon, over 4000 feet ; Loikaw, about 

 2800 feet ; and the various roads connecting these points. 



Looking over my list, I feci that I have somewhat neglected 

 the water-birds ; but a large number of these are migratory 

 and come to the Shan States in the cold season, simultaneously 

 with the Snipe, to the shooting of which most of the few 

 holidays obtainable at that time of the year are devoted. 

 Fort Stedman, where the headquarters of my regiment were 

 stationed for nearly three years, is an almost ideal place for 

 the collection and study of water-birds, as it is only about 



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