THE DISTRIBUTION OF THE BIRDS OF BURMA. 



BURMA being entirely shut in on all sides, either by high 

 mountain ranges or by the sea, has been able to develope its own 

 fauna, besides attracting many from the neighbouring countries, and 

 is accordingly very rich in its variety of birds. In the West we find 

 Indian and Himalayan ones or their local types, in the North- 

 East Chinese, and in the South-East Siamese and Malayan ; whilst in 

 the central plains we have a few birds peculiar to Burma alone. 

 Many are common to the whole province whilst others are very local 

 in their distribution. 



I have divided up the country into the following zones or 

 districts ; unfortunately in many of them the birds are very little 

 known, but should b3 the same as those found in the bordering 

 districts. 



I. Tenasserim Has been well explored by many well-known 

 naturalists. I have taken the distribution from The Fauna of British 

 India. It will be seen that many species are not found in other parts 

 of Burma, a great number of them being Malayan. 



II. Lower Burma Has also been well worked j the distribution 

 is taken from the same source. 



III. The Dry-Zone May be described as the Southern portion 

 of Upper Burma and is bordered on the North by the Upper 

 Chindwin and Katha districts. The bird life of the whole is 

 practically the same. I have taken Mr. K. C. Macdonald's " List of 

 the Myingyan Birds/' in the B. N. H. Society's Journal of 1906-07 

 as typical. 



IV. The Southern Shan States Have been particularly well 

 worked and I have made up my list from the following sources : 



Col. C. T. Bingham's List in the J. A. S. of Bengal. Vol. 

 LXIX, Part II, 1900. 



Col. C. T. Bingham's List in The Ibis for October 1903. 

 Col. G. Rippon's Lists in The Ibis for October 1901. 



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