BIRDS OF UPPER PEGU. 



" There are only a few jheels, and, except in the rains, even 

 these are but small. The Engmah Swamp, ten miles north of 

 Poungday, varies in leng-th from two to eight miles. The swamp 

 at Shwaydoun, south of Prome, is of much the same size; and 

 various small jheels at Boulay complete the total. Po((ica per- 

 sonata is the only noteworthy water-bird that I have yet observed 

 in them. 



" The rainfall of Thayetmyo, Prome and Tonghoo, is nearly the 

 same, ranging from 40 to 50 inches per annum. The rains com- 

 mence about the middle of May, and continue well into October. 



" The following tables show the amount of rain which has fallen 

 in Thayetmyo during the years 1862 — 1872, and the temperature 

 in 1871-72, the only two years of which a register has been kept 

 in the dispensary: — 



Temperature. 



