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and finally some of the spurs actually 

 touch the river at the first defile. 



Mr. Hume informs us that this Pheasant 

 -occurs as far south as Tavoy, but inas- 

 much as in the Hume Collection there 

 are no specimens of this bird from any 

 locality even so far south as Moulmein, I 

 think there may be some mistake about 

 the occurrence of this species at the former 

 place. 



Throughout the large triangle formed 

 by the sea coast, the Irrawaddy river and 

 the chain of hills bounding Burma on the 

 east, the Lineated Silver-Pheasant is found 

 in more or less abundance. It is a bird 

 essentially of the hills, and it will not be 

 met with in the delta of the Irrawaddy, 

 nor in the plains which border this 

 river and the Sittang. Directly, however, 

 rising ground is reached, this Pheasant is 

 observed ; and on the Pegu Hills, which 

 run up north from Rangoon into Upper 

 Burma, it is extremely common. It is, 

 however, a bird of low elevation, and it 

 will not be found above 2000 feet. At 

 Papun this species is replaced by the next 

 on the hills which rise above this level. 



The Lineated Silver-Pheasant prefers 

 dry forests and hillsides covered with 

 bamboo, but it is also found in the ever- 



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