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the neighbourhood of streams and are 

 neither rare nor shy. They extend right 

 through the Kamhow territory into 

 Eastern Looshai and North-west Inde- 

 pendent Burmah.' 



" That they occasionally stray up the 

 Jhiri valley well into Manipur is probable, 

 and they may occur not only where we 

 procured them, in the extreme south of 

 that state, but also probably in the southern 

 portion of its eastern hills." 



Of a live bird which he kept for a few 

 days until it was accidentally killed, Mr. 

 Hume observes : — " The live bird, though 

 a full-grown cock, became perfectly tame 

 in a few days, and a great favourite in the 

 camp. It would eat bread, boiled rice, 

 winged white-ants, moths, taking them 

 gingerly out of our hands." 



Shortly after Mr. Hume discovered this 

 Pheasant, Colonel Godwin-Austen's col- 

 lectors obtained specimens of it on the 

 Shiroifurar Peak in Manipur at 8000 feet. 



In the male the crown, back of the 

 head and the ears are brown, the feathers 

 at the sides of the crown with white bases 

 which form an imperfect band. The 

 throat, the neck all round, the upper 

 mantle and the upper breast are glossy 

 bluish black, each feather with a triangular 



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