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gress of this Pheasant to the north. Dr. 

 Anderson procured this bird at Mengoon, 

 which is four miles above Mandalay, on 

 the right bank of the river. This is the 

 most northern locality in which we know 

 this Pheasant to be found ; but, as I 

 have remarked above, it probably ranges 

 to the first defile, some fifty miles higher 

 up the river. 



This species has been met with at one 

 or two points on the right bank of the 

 Irrawaddy, but this river may be con- 

 sidered to be approximately the western 

 limit of the distribution of this Pheasant. 



To the east the range of this bird is 

 bounded by the mass of hills which skirt 

 Burma and divide it from Siam and the 

 Shan States. Commencing at the south, 

 we find that Colonel Bingham obtained 

 this species in the Thoungyin valley ; 

 the late Mr. Davison at Papun ; Major 

 Wardlaw Ramsay in the hills east of 

 Toungoo ; and quite lately Major G. 

 Rippon has sent me a specimen shot on 

 the Fort Stedman road, below Nampandet, 

 a locality lying on about the 2ist degree 

 of north latitude, and in 96^ east longi- 

 tude. These same hills, with their 

 numerous spurs, as they run north, 

 approach the Irrawaddy more and more, 



