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BIRDS OF BRITISH BURMAH. 
Tenasserim Mr. Davison observed it on Mooleyit mountain; and Mr. Hume 
subsequently received a specimen from the foot of Nwalabo mountain. 
Capt. Bingham shot it in the Sinzaway Forest Reserve near Pahpoon ; and 
he states that it occurs in the Thoungyeen valley. 
To the north it extends through the Indo-Burmese countries to the hill- 
tracts of Eastern Bengal and to the Bhootan Doars. To the west it is 
found in Siam ; but Dr. Tiraud does not record it from Cochin China. It 
is not known to occur in any portion of the Malay peninsula ; nor^ in fact, 
has it been procured south of Tavoy. 
This Peacock Pheasant appears to frequent only the thickest forests, and 
chiefly those which grow on hilly or broken ground. It is extremely shy, 
and difficult to shoot. The cry of this bird is said by Mr. Davison to 
resemble the words qua-qua-qua frequently repeated. 
I have recently described a Peacock Pheasant from Bhamo under the 
name of P. helence (Ibis, 1883, p. 136, pi. v.) . It may possibly be found 
in Arrakan or some other portion of Burmah. It differs from P. thi- 
betanum in having the ocelli of the upper plumage violet, not surrounded 
by a buff annular ring, but bounded above and below by a white band ; the 
spots on the tail are deep violet, not metallic green. 
Subfamily PHASIANINiE. 
Genus EUPLOCAMUS, Temm. 
674. EUPLOCAMUS LINEATUS. 
THE LINEATED SILVER PHEASANT. 
Phasianus lineatus, Lath, in Vig. P. Z. S. 1831, p. 24. Euplocamus lineatus, 
Elliot, Mon. Phas. ii. pi. 23 (part.) ; Hume, Nests and Eggs, p. 525 ; id. S. F. iii. 
p. 165 ; Anders. Yunnan Exped. p. 669 (part.) ; Hume 8f Bav. S. F. vi. p. 436 ; 
Hume, S. F. viii. p. 110 ; Hume Marsh. Game Birds, i. p. 205, pi. ; Bingham, 
S. F. ix. p. 195; Oates, S. F. x. p. 236. Nycthemerus lineatus, Bl. 8f 
Wald. B. Burm. p. 149. Gennseus lineatus, Oates, S. F. v. p. 164. 
Description. — Male. Forehead^ crown^ crest^ chin^ throat and the whole 
lower plumage black ; the sides of the breast and of the body streaked 
with white ; the forehead and feathers above the red facial skin stippled 
with white dots ; sides of the head and neck^ the hind neck^ the whole 
upper plumage and wing-coverts blacky finely and closely vermiculated 
with white ; wings and tail the same^ but the wavy bars of white broader 
and not so close ; the central pair of tail-feathers almost entirely white on 
