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ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY BULLETIN. 



From the trail which bounds 

 Nepal, Sikkiin and Tibet, 

 we made many long side 

 trips before we were suc- 

 cessful. However, we per- 

 severed and ultimately found 

 and studied, at various alti- 

 t u d e s , all tlie groups of 

 eastern Himalayan pheas- 

 ants. 



Beginning with the ele- 

 vation of Darjeeling and on 

 up to nine thousand feet we 

 found the oak zone inhabit- 

 ed by the Black-Backed 

 Kalij Pheasants, {Gen 

 iiacus) ; the next two thou- 

 sand feet, characterized by 

 the paper lilac shrubs and 

 lofty rliododendron trees in 

 full bloom, was the home of tlie Satyra 

 pans, {Tragopan) ; then from eleven to 

 thousand feet came grand forests of 



BUR 

 Our Mai 



ING ON THE NORTHERN 

 MA— YUNNAN FRONTIER. 



bov and a Kachin hunter with a 

 hen pheusant. 



Trago- wihl native liilhne 

 twelve througli (iarhwa 

 pines, Tibetan border. 



wliere the Impeyan Pheas- 

 ants, {Lophopliorus), dwelt, 

 although these sturdy birds 

 were often found thousands 

 of feet higher in the tree- 

 less zone where the Blood 

 Pheasant, (Ithagenes) — 

 liardiest of all, — makes its 

 home among the bare bould- 

 ers and the summer snows. 



Returning to Calcutta 



about ]\Iay first, we left the 



city two days later for the 



f a r north-western H i m a - 



layas. Here, as everywhere 



in British possessions, 



tlirough the courtes}^ of the 



government officials we were 



enabled to outfit quickly and 



with mountain horses and 



n as carriers, we made our way 



I into Kashmir close to the 



Here we were fortunate in ob- 



THREE CHIEFS OF THE HEAD-HUNTING SEA-DYAKS, CENTRAL BORNEO. 



