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Kabul river through the Afridi country down to Baluchistan, This 

 tract is very noticeable for its poverty in Timeliine birds, and for 

 the great number of Palsearctic forms which occur. 



2. N.-W. Himcdayas. — From the Indus to the Sutlej valley, 

 which includes the southern portions of Kashmir and Ohamba 

 State (N. Kashmir is probably Central Asian and Tibetian), Here 

 we find the Timeliides better represented, however many well-known 

 families have not yet found their way across the Sutlej valley. 



0. Nepalese. —From the Su.tlej to the Brahmaputra, and includes 

 the following sub-regions : (1) Gharwal and Kumaon. (2) Nepal. 

 (3) Sikhim and Darjeeling, (4) Butan and Dafla Hills, Assam. 



This region is particularly rich in the Timeliides. 



4. Tibet. — Practically unknown. 



6. The practically unknown tract, East of the Brahmaputra, along 

 Abor, Mishmi, and Patkoi ranges, down on the one hand to the Chin 

 Hills, North of Tamu ; and on the other to Yunnan. 



6. The Assam " backwater." — The country to the South of the 

 Brahmaputra, including the Garo, Khasia, Cachar and W. Manipur 

 Hills. 



The above areas are well marked, many of them having geogra- 

 phical races peculiar to themselves. 



In the plains the distribution is not so clearly defined and may 

 possibly comprise the following : — (1) In the West we have Sind, 

 which seems to be particularly rich in birds, the Timeliides, however, 

 being very poorly represented. (2) Punjab and United Provinces. 

 (3) Bengal and the plains of Assam and Arrakan. (4) Rajputana. 

 (5) Central Provinces, Deccan. (6) Madras and Mysore in the 

 plain. (7) The Western Ghats, Travancore and the hills of S. India, 

 here we find each range with its own particular Laughing Thrush. 

 (8) Ceylon which also has its dry and wet-zones, the birds of which 

 appear to differ considerably. 



BUEMA. 



This province is extremely rich in its Avifauna, on the West in 

 the Chin Hills and Arrakan, we have chiefly Himalayan and Assam 

 birds or their local sub-species, a few birds, however, showing a rela- 

 tionship to those of Yunnan. In the N.-E. we have Chinese; and in 

 the S.-E. Malayan forms; whilst in the central plains we have a few 

 birds peculiar to Burma itself. Commencing at the N.-W. and 

 taking the hill ranges first, we have the following well-defined 

 areas : — 



1. Chin Hills. — From the South of Tamu (I have taken this to be 

 the dividing line, as just at this point on the frontier between Burma 

 and Manipur, the hills are of no great height, the dividing line is 

 most probably the Yu and Manipur rivers). The Chin Hills here 

 connect up with the southern ranges of Manipur, and continue 



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