ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY BULLETIN. 



765 



did collection of Phasinii- 

 ulac in tlie Indian Museum. 

 A week after arrival we left 

 ^te ^^^^^;^;-:r£!*^=^^|^^^^^^^^^^B|^^^^^^^H Calcutta for the 



^SImMMMB^* ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^H H i m a 1 a a outfitting 



Darjeeling on the northern 

 border of India. M' i t h 

 thirty-two Tibetan men and 

 women coolies we left this 

 last outpost of civilization 

 ■ind on small Tibetan pon- 

 ies, made our way north- 

 ward over difficult trails and 

 through the most magnifi- 

 eint scenery in the world. 



With Everest and Kin- 

 cliinjunga in full view we 

 inishcd on higher and higher 

 until we passed through 

 every zone u|) to the very 

 snows. 



Locating the pheasants 



proved to be exceedingly 



photographs of nests, eggs and general environ- difficult, and obtaining them was still harder, es- 



ment, and exhaustive notes on plumages, habits, pecially at the higher altitudes where the scar- 



DAK BUNGALOW ON THE NEPAL— SIKKIM FRONTIER. 



-ing for 



day' 



r 



general ecology and hybridization 



Through this most inter- 

 esting country we travelled 

 by bullock cart, with Sin- 

 ghalese servants and guides. 

 In the semi-arid coastal 

 region we found wild life 

 extremely abundant. With- 

 in ten days I noted ninety- 

 five species of birds, one 

 quarter of the entire avi- 

 fauna of Ceylon, while wild 

 buffalo, boars, elephants 

 axis and sanibar deer and 

 wanderoo monkeys were 

 present in lumibers. 



Sailing northward to Cal- 

 cutta we were the guests of 

 Dr. Annandale, S u p e r i n - 

 tendent of the Indian Mus- 

 eum, and through his cour- 

 t e s y I was permitted t o 

 study tliorouglily the splen- 



eitv of 



made all exertion fatiguing 



PAINTING AND PHOTOGRAPHING HIMALAYAN I'llLAsA.M iJUL.NiKI, 

 Mid April, elevation 12,000 feet. Tibetan Mountains in the distance. 



