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T^prll. 1922. 



BIRD NOTES: 



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 JOURNAL OF THE FOREIGN BIRD CLUB. 



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Tragopans. 



By W. Shore Baily 





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< )f mese haufl- 

 some birds there 

 appear to be five 

 species, three of 

 which inhabit In- 

 dia, and the others 

 China. 



The most free'y 

 imported and at 

 the same time the 

 most beautiful is 

 the Crimson Tra- 

 i^opan {I'ragopan 

 satyra). The male 

 is a magnificent 

 creature ; its gen- 

 eral body colour 

 being crimson, 

 covered with large 

 white spots. In 

 the 1d r e e d i n g 

 season it lias 



photo ir. Slioi 

 Young- C;il:>ot's Tragopan. 

 (( )ne moiitlT old). 



an extraordinary display, developing at this time a pair of 

 greenish-blue horns about two inches long, and a brilliant blue 

 gular flap, about the size of the palm of a man's hand. The 

 first time I saw this display the bird was in a thick hedge, and 

 a)l I could see at first was a blue patch, which shone like an 



