. Zoological Society bulletin . ots with poisoned arrows and rocks rolleddown by irresponsible natives we had our usualgood luck in locating the pheasants and ob-tained some of the most interesting specimens ofthe entire trip. New to us were the Barred-Back Pheasants, (Calophasis), the Amherst andGolden, (Chrysolophus), the Fireback, (Diar-digallus), and especially the Frizzled Impe3an,(Chalcophasis). The nettle-like bamboos madetracking anything but easy work, and systematicbeating of much of the country was Burma proper, the status of the group ofSilver Pheasants, (Gennaeus), o
. Zoological Society bulletin . ots with poisoned arrows and rocks rolleddown by irresponsible natives we had our usualgood luck in locating the pheasants and ob-tained some of the most interesting specimens ofthe entire trip. New to us were the Barred-Back Pheasants, (Calophasis), the Amherst andGolden, (Chrysolophus), the Fireback, (Diar-digallus), and especially the Frizzled Impe3an,(Chalcophasis). The nettle-like bamboos madetracking anything but easy work, and systematicbeating of much of the country was Burma proper, the status of the group ofSilver Pheasants, (Gennaeus), offered manyproblems of extreme interest. We returned finally to Singapore where werepacked and shipped our many cases of speci-mens. On December 31, 1910, we left Singa-pore for the last time, en route for Shanghai. In Eastern China our plans were continuallvupset by unforseen events such as sudden riots,terrific snow and wind storms, and the preva-lence of the plague; and added to this were the 770 ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY IMNGING GROUND OF THE BORNEAN ARGUS of the Jungle in central Borneo. enormous distances we were compelled to coverand the omnipresence of the hordes of Mongo-lians. But by constantly re-adapting our plansto the new conditions we were able at last toreach the objects of our search; whether bysteamer and sampan, as in the valley of theYangtze; by house-boat, as in the region backof Foochow; or by palanquin and camel on thebleak deserts of Mongolia. We found manyforms of the true Pheasants, (Phasianus), theReeves, (Si/rmaticus), and great was our re-joicing when we were able to obtain notes onthe last group of our search, the Eared Pheas-ants, (Crossoptilum). We succeeded in thisonly after a long period of impatient waitingfor a decrease in the plague. Fortune againfavored us and we took the chance of a dashthrough the infected districts and achieved ourgoal. Our last work in the field was in Japan wherethe birds were comparatively accessibl
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