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^-(1287). DUCULA GRISEICAPILLA. — The Grey-headed Imj^eruil 

 Pigeon. 



Large numbers at Me Tah Qviaa (aU Vll LLflQ) in Me Taw, where tliey 

 frequent mineral springs. 



~f (1292). CoLUMBA INTERMEDIA. — The Indian Bhie Rocl'-Tiijeon. 



Kept by priests in Rpheng Wats. I have not seen them wild, 

 but they mi^.st be found in suitable localities. 



Order QALLINJE. 



\ (1325). Pavo muticus. Tlie Burmese or Javan Pea-fovl. 



Mr. Keddie has kindly given me the following note on their breed- 

 ing reason in the Me Wong cr.ek ( Lat 16" ): " On April 9th 1912 

 found a pea-hen's nest with three eggs, chicks half-formed. On 18th 

 March 1913 heard a pea-hen and chicks on an island. Maung Hi)o 

 Jjoke said he saw them, and they were about a fortnight old ; he 

 did not know how many there were, but he saw two ". 



-f (1328). Gallus ferrugineus. — The Red Jungle-ford. 



I found a nest with six eggs in an old stump on the llth March at 

 an altitude of 2,000 feet. The hen was sitting. The average si/.e. was 

 1.79 in. by 1.31 in. In the Fauna of British India, Blanford says 

 they breed in the Himalayas from the end of March to July. 

 ~t' Gennaeus sharpei. — Sharpens Silver Pheasant. 



Identified by the British Museum. This is the common plieasant 

 of these parts. 



-f- (1367). Arboricola grunneipecius. — The Broirn-hreasted Ilill- 

 Partridije. 



Identified by the Britisli Museum. Plentiful in the Upper Me 

 Taw. This bird, the pheasants, and the Jungle fowl, are largely shut 

 and trapped by Karens. 



Order IIEMIPODIL 



-j- (1382). TiRNix PUGNAX. — The Bustard- Quail. 

 Found in the grass round the 'Nong' at Raheng. Shot, 25th De- 

 cember. 



Order GRALLAE. 



^ (1401). Amaurornis piioenicurus.— TAe White-breasted Water- 

 hen. 



Common alonji; the banks of Me Taw creek. 



