﻿PHOTOGRAVURE 
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  HOME 
  OF 
  THE 
  BURMESE 
  BARRED-BACKED 
  PHEASANT 
  

  

  My 
  first 
  view 
  of 
  this 
  bird 
  came 
  when 
  I 
  was 
  waiting 
  for 
  some 
  silver 
  kaleege 
  pheasants 
  to 
  appear 
  at 
  their 
  

   usual 
  drinking 
  place 
  on 
  the 
  banks 
  of 
  a 
  rushing 
  stream. 
  I 
  was 
  rather 
  hopeless 
  of 
  any 
  result, 
  for 
  I 
  had 
  been 
  

   discovered 
  and 
  was 
  being 
  abused 
  by 
  a 
  pair 
  of 
  squirrels 
  and 
  a 
  mob 
  of 
  laughing 
  thrushes, 
  when 
  a 
  new 
  voice 
  

   was 
  added 
  to 
  the 
  general 
  hubbub 
  — 
  a 
  series 
  of 
  rapidly 
  uttered 
  chucks 
  of 
  alarm 
  and 
  suspicion 
  from 
  a 
  low 
  tree. 
  

   A 
  moment 
  later, 
  with 
  a 
  loud 
  beating 
  of 
  wings, 
  a 
  Burmese 
  Barred-back 
  swung 
  into 
  view. 
  It 
  alighted 
  on 
  a 
  

   stump, 
  gave 
  one 
  glance 
  in 
  my 
  direction, 
  uttered 
  a 
  single 
  loud 
  chock 
  I 
  and 
  dashed 
  off 
  at 
  full 
  speed. 
  

  

  The 
  home 
  of 
  these 
  birds 
  consists 
  principally 
  of 
  dense 
  mountain-side 
  forests, 
  cut 
  by 
  tumbling 
  brooks 
  

   and 
  streams. 
  

  

  