BIRDS OF UPPER PEGU. 



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Editor of Stray Feathers will condemn even this estimate as 

 far below the mark. 



Returning- now to the 31 7 species which I am able to record as a 

 definite instalment of the Ornig of the particular tract with which we 

 are dealing', it will be convenient to divide them into four classes : — 

 I. — Species (which for the nonce I will call Indo-Burmese) 

 common to our tract and to one or more of the following 

 sub-divisions : Bengal, east of the Ganges to Goalundo, 

 and thence of the Brahmapootra, Assam, and Cachar : the 

 Himalayas south of the first Snowy Range, and the 

 Terais, Dooars, Dhoons, &c, which fringe their bases, 

 as far west as the Jumna. 

 II. — Species (which for brevity — the term is not accurate — 

 I will call Indian) common to our tract and to parts of 

 the continent of India outside the limits above indicated. 

 III. — Species (which I will call Indo-Malayan and Chinese) 

 common to our tract and to one or more of the follow- 

 ing : the Malay Peninsula, the islands of the Archi- 

 pelago and China; but not, so far as I know, occurring 

 within our limits, except in Burmah and, perhaps in a 

 few cases, the Andamans. 

 IV. — Species (which I will call Burmese} which I do not 

 know of as occurring beyond the limits of Burmah, 

 British and Independent. 

 Classing the birds thus, and arranging them for the con- 

 venience of Indian ornithologists according to Dr. Jerdon's 

 classification, we obtain the following results : — 



