THL GAME BIRDS OF IlSDIA. 901 



TkAGOPAN TExMMlNCKI. 



Temminclc's Trcujoimn. 



Satyra temminckn,—3 . C. Gray, 111. Ind. Zool. i., pi. 50 (1830-32). 



Trciffopan temmincki, — Benn. P.Z.S. 1834, p. 33. Ogilvie-Grant, Cat. 

 Birds B. M., xxii. p. 275 (1893) ; id. Hand-B. Game-B. 1, p. 227 (1895) ; 

 Gates, Man. Game-B. 1, p. 251 (1898) ; id. Cat. Eggs B. M. 1, p. 51 

 (1901); Ghigi llend. Ace. Bologna (5), x. pp. 403-404 (1903); St. 

 Quinten, Aviciilt Mag. new series 1, p. 95 (1903); id. iv. pp. 192, 284 (1906) ; 

 Baker, J. B. N. H. Soc., xviii. p. 753 (1908) (Sadone Hill Traets, Pansong 

 Pass), Gates, J. B. H. N. Soc, xix. p. 260 (1909) (Sadone). Ingram, 

 Nov. Zool., six, p. 270 (1912) (Yunnan). Thayer and Bangs, Mem. Corap. 

 Zool. Harvard Coll., xl. No. 4, p. 140 (1912); Fangshen, Hupeli and 

 Washan (W. Szeehuen). Bailey, J. B. N. H. Soc., xxiv. p. 76 (1915) 

 (S. Tibet). 



Cenornis temmincki, — Gray, Gen. B. iii. p. 499 (1845). Blyth, Cat. Mus. 

 Asiat. Soc. p. 240 (1849); Swinh., P.Z.S. , 1863, p. 307. Sclater, List. Phas. 

 p. 11, pi. 11. (1863) (China). Gould, B. Asia, vii. pi. 46 (1869). Sclater, 

 P.Z.S., 1870, p. 164 (N. and E. Szeehuen to C. China). David., N. Arch. 

 Mus. Bull. vii. p. 11 (1871) (Szeehuen). Swinh., P. Z. S., 1871, p. 399 

 (W. China). Elliot, Mon. Phas. 1, pi. 24 (1872). David, and Oustal. Ois 

 Chine, p. 118, pi. 112 (1877) (S. W. China to S. Shensi); Hume. Str. Feath. 

 viii. p. 201 (1879) (Mishmi Hills). Sclater, P.Z.S., 1879, p, 117, pi. viii. 

 fig. 3. Seebohm, Ibis, 1891, p. 379 (W. Szeehuen) Gurney. Ibis, 1899, 

 p. 40. Beebe Pheasants, i. p. 87 (1819). 



VERNACULAR NAMES.~Bop. (Tibetan); Oua-Oua-ky ; "^Ko-ky ; 

 Kiao-ky ; Sin-tsiou-ky ; Tso-che {Chinese). 



Bescription — Adult Male. — Forehead, lores, anterior crest, ear- 

 coverts and sides of head, and feathers surrounding bare gular 

 skin black. Posterior crest and centre of crown and nape, neck, 

 extreme tipper back and upper breast deep orange red, changing 

 into crimson maroon or maroon-red on back, rnmp and upper 

 shorter tail-coverts. These latter parts with ocelli of pure grey 

 surrounded with black ; longer tail-coverts dull pale red, the 

 centres paler and greyish, and the tips darker and more richly 

 red. All the feathers from upper back to the longest tail-coverts 

 have the bases mottled blackish brown and buff, showing through 

 the maroon here and there where the feathers are disarranged. 

 Tail buff, with broad, deep brown bar at end, and with numerous 

 narrower bars and mottlings of the same ; a rufous tinge is also 

 present on the buff in most cases. 



Wing-coverts like the back, but with larger ocelli ; edge of wing 

 and bastard wing light brick-red; quills brown, barred and mottled, 

 especially on the outer webs with rufous, changing to pale buff on 

 the secondaries ; on the innermost secondaries there are ocelli, 

 like those on the wing-coverts, but larger and more ill-defined; 

 there is also a certain amount of red splashing. 



* The translation of tliese names are roughly : Jungle -fowl, Homed-fowl. 

 starred-fowi. and Long-life-fowl. 



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