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Green-necked Peacock Duck of various kinds, but never 

 Yit or Pheasant, allied to the very plentiful in Lower Burma 



Derricks Geese 



Peacock Pheasant Comb Duck or Perching Goose 



Jungle Fowl Three kinds of Teal ; three of 



Francolin Bittern 



Five varieties of Quail Hares 

 Six varieties of Plover 



The following are peculiar to the Tenasserim province : 



Nicobar Pigeons Argus Pheasant 



Double-spurred Peacock Phea- Great Fire-back Pheasant 

 sant 



The following are found in the hills only : 

 Ruddy-necked Partridges Three varieties of Francolin 



The best places in Lower Burma for game are : 



1. Arrakan range. 



2. Mendoon, fifty miles west of Thayetmyo. 



3. Ma'ee Pass and along the spurs of the Arrakan range. 



4. Eeingmah, Zeagoung, Pounday, along the base of the 

 Yomahs in the Tharawadie district. In the Yomahs north of 

 Pegu, near Cape Negrais, Bassein, north-west of Banlong, 

 inland, along the foot of the Yomahs, in the Yomahs, Mong 

 on the Sitting ; inland from Shoayghein and throughout the 

 Yonzaleen. Along the banks of the Attaran river, and in the 

 districts of Mergui and Tavoy. In most of the places I have 

 named there are shikaries who will accompany a European, 

 but the difficulty is to obtain elephants, and without them it is 

 useless looking for game in the vast savannahs, covered as 

 they are with impenetrable long grass and reeds ranging from 

 4 feet to 30 feet in height, and with stems like those of the 

 bamboo, but rather worse, for they are covered with a fluffy 

 sort of down which irritates the skin almost as badly as the 

 Cow-itch. 



In the rains elephants and buffaloes wander about, and are 

 met with generally all over the province, especially near culti- 

 vated tracts, adjacent to the long grass in which they lie hidden 

 during the day and sally forth to ravage at night. But it is 

 all but useless going after them during the monsoon. The 



