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English Pheasant, but he was unable to 

 get it. 



The British Museum has two pairs of 

 this Pheasant in its collection of birds. 

 One pair was presented by Mr. F. Atlay, 

 who procured both birds in the Ruby- 

 Mines district, and another pair was pre- 

 sented by Major G. Rippon, who, writing 

 of the birds of Kalaw, Southern Shan 

 States, remarks : — " I obtained only one 

 male and one female of this handsome 

 Pheasant. The female was shot after a 

 long run up the side of a hill. When first 

 seen she was picking about in a small 

 valley between two pine-clad slopes. The 

 male was got more easily in a rocky valley 

 with a good deal of undergrowth, chiefly 

 bamboo. A man was sent round towards 

 the head of the valley with orders to walk 

 slowly down towards me. The Pheasant, 

 which had been seen to go into a thick 

 clump, presently walked out, and was 

 immediately shot. The skins of both 

 were preserved." 



The Burmese Barred-backed Pheasant 

 differs from Mrs. Hume's Barred-backed 

 Pheasant in the following particulars. I 

 put these differences side by side for the 

 sake of clearness : — 



