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blank. Mr. Hume unfortunately met with 

 neither species in Manipur, so he was 

 unable to throw any light on the dis- 

 tribution of these birds. 



The Burmese Pea-Fowl occurs over 

 every part of Burma down to the extreme 

 south of Tenasserim. It is probably found 

 also all over the Shan States. I observed 

 it far from uncommon near Lashio. 



Outside our limits this species is dis- 

 tributed over the Malay Peninsula, Siam, 

 Cochin China and Java. 



This Pea-Fowl is very locally distributed, 

 and is by no means generally abundant. 

 It affects particular localities to the ex- 

 clusion of others which appear to be 

 equally suitable to its habits. The places 

 frequented by colonies of these birds are 

 generally well known to the natives, for 

 the birds remain there constantly. In 

 some parts of Upper Burma this Pea-Fowl 

 is very abundant, and on some of the 

 higher reaches of the Irrawaddy, above the 

 third defile, large flocks may be seen in 

 the mornings and evenings on the sand- 

 banks and shingly margins of the river. 

 I have counted as many as fourteen in 

 one flock. Wherever this bird is found 

 it is extremely shy, and it is not often 

 secured with the shot-gun. 



