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  LXVI 
  

  

  BURMESE 
  BARRED-BACKED 
  PHEASANT 
  

  

  Syrmaticus 
  humiae 
  burmanicus 
  (Oates) 
  

  

  It 
  is 
  seldom 
  that 
  these 
  pheasants 
  make 
  their 
  way 
  down 
  to 
  the 
  low 
  plains, 
  but 
  even 
  in 
  their 
  mountain 
  

   home 
  few 
  specimens 
  are 
  trapped, 
  as 
  they 
  have 
  the 
  habit 
  of 
  flying 
  over 
  the 
  deadly 
  bamboo 
  fence 
  of 
  the 
  

   natives, 
  instead 
  of 
  attempting 
  to 
  walk 
  through 
  the 
  dead-fall 
  guarded 
  openings. 
  

  

  I 
  found 
  them 
  feeding 
  on 
  seeds 
  and 
  berries, 
  and 
  associated 
  in 
  pairs. 
  They 
  are 
  shy, 
  and 
  a 
  fleeting 
  

   glimpse 
  of 
  a 
  blue-headed, 
  wine-coloured 
  bird, 
  splashed 
  with 
  white, 
  was 
  the 
  usual 
  result 
  of 
  a 
  long 
  and 
  

   patient 
  stalk. 
  

  

  