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from the Chin-Hills in Burma. He 

 writes : — " The bird I send was shot 

 at Minken, about ten miles south of 

 Falam, and at an elevation of about 5000 

 feet ; this I should say was the limit of 

 height to which this Pheasant extends, and 

 I have not seen them, or heard of them, 

 in the higher thickly-wooded peaks where 

 the Tragopans live. I have shot them 

 • generally in nullahs where the jungle is 

 thick but with Chin clearings near at 

 hand. I have seen them myself perch 

 in trees when put up by dogs ; but they 

 are persistent runners, although when 

 once put up, they fly a long way before 

 settling again." 



When describing the Chin-Hills Silver- 

 Pheasant in the first part of this manual, 

 I expressed an opinion that that species 

 would prove to be the Silver-Pheasant of 

 the whole of the Chin-Hills. This, how- 

 ever, is not the case. We now see that 

 there is one species which inhabits the 

 valley of the Chindwin river, and another 

 the heights of the Chin-Hills. It will 

 probably be many years before anything 

 is known accurately about the distribution 

 of the two species. 



Wickham's Silver-Pheasant may be dis- 

 tinguished from all other Silver-Pheasants 



