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completely worked out, and much country baa still to 

 be covered in which some form of Blood-Pheasant will 

 certainly be found, but, roughly speaking, we may define 

 their limits somewhat as follows : — 



/. cruentus is found practically throughout Nepal, except 

 in the extreme west, where probably the Gogra River forms 

 its western boundary. Eastwards through Sikkim it works 

 into western Bhutan, but its eastern limits are not yet defined. 

 Southwards in Nepal it is found as far as the higher ranges 

 extend, but does not apparently venture below 8000 feet, 

 even in the coldest weather. In Sikkim it is obtained as 

 far south as the extreme end of the Singalila range, and 

 perhaps even farther south on the Dumsang range, north- 

 west of Darjiling, whence I have received a nest of Horornis, 

 containing numerous feathers of a Blood-Pheasant. North- 

 wards in Tibet we do not yet know how far it goes, but I 

 have reports of its existence in the Chambi Valley. 



As regards /. tibetanus we have but the one bird, which 

 was taken on the Sela Range, above Tawang, at about 13,000 

 feet in south-east Tibet. It is possible, therefore, that this 

 species inhabits the area in eastern Bhutan and Tibet, which 

 is bounded by the Dihong or Brahmapootra River. 



/. kuseri, which was originally obtained on the Mekong 

 River in north-west Yunnan, is now known to extend from 

 the Mishmi and Abor Hills east of the Dihong round 

 through the higher ranges of Burma and Yunnan into the 

 north of the North Shan States. 



/. geoffroyi is found in the extreme south-east of Tibet, 

 and the Szechuen Mountains in west and west-central 

 China. 



/. sinensis is found in the higher ranges of the Shen-si 

 and Kansu provinces north and east of the area inhabited 

 by the last bird. 



In an article entitled "Preliminary Pheasant Studies," 

 which appeared in ' Zoologica,' vol. i. No. 15, Beebe has 

 written a most interesting account of how he proposes to 

 divide the genera of the family Phasianidoe into groups or 



