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southwards in an unbroken ridge down to the sea, and divide Arra- 

 kan from Burma. The chief height in this range is Mt. Victoria of 

 over 10,000 ft. To the northwards from. Tamu, we have the unex- 

 plored mountains running up to the Mishmi and Abor countrjr, 

 in this mountain chain we have Saramathi of over 12,000 ft., which 

 is quite unknown, as far as its ornitholog}^. 



2. The MyitJcyina and Bhamo Hills — On the N.-E. of Burma, 

 these are offshoots of the mountains of Yunnan, and contain a 

 number of Chinese birds. This area is probably bounded on the 

 South by the Shweli River. 



3. The Rub if Mines range, which consists of that little known ridge 

 of mountains which run up to over 8,000 ft., which extends from just 

 below the point where the Shweli joins the Irrawaddy, through the 

 Ruby Mines District, and in a N.-E . direction to the Salween. The 

 southern limits of this unexplored tract is the low-lying plateau 

 along which the Mandalay-Maymyo-Lashio railway line is laid. 

 The birds of this vast tract are quite unknown and probably many 

 new species will be discovered along this range. 



4. The Shan Plateau, South of the above, and to the "West of the 

 Salween, and includes the Karennee sub-region. To the East the 

 Salween — Mekong watershed is practically unknown. 



5. The mountains of Tenasserim with Muleyit Mt. 

 In the Plains. 



6. Northern Burma, which is a particularly damp low-lying area, 

 ma}^ be said to consist of the Bhamo, Myitkynia and Upper 

 Ohindwin Districts, and North of about 23 N. parallel of latitude. 



"7. The Bry-Zone, South, of the above to about 19^ N. parallel 

 of latitude. This central portion of Burma consists of a very diy 

 undulating country, and, where not cultivated, covered with dense 

 thorny scrub. 



8. Lower Burma, which is also extremelj^ wet, is situated to the 

 South of the above. 



Prom the above well-marked ai-eas or zones, it is not surprising 

 that Burma is rich in its birds, while many of its outlying ranges 

 still remain to be explored. Over one thousand different species and 

 sub-species of birds have already been recorded from ^^dthin the 

 Province out of under seventeen hundred, which are known to occur 

 in the whole of India and Ceylon. 



Classification. 



I have followed Mr. Oates as closely as possible in his " Crater- 

 popodidm " with the following additions and omissions : — 



Additions. 



Paradoxornithidoi. — I think it is now agreed that this family is 

 more nearly allied to the Timpliida^ than to any other. It wants a 



