jj Troi^opaus. 



electric lanii). I lia\e many times since seen me bird displayini;" 

 in the oi)en. and a truly wonderful sight it is. The display is 

 often accompanied by the bird's crow or call, a very loud and 

 harsh note, and entirely unlike that of any of uie other pheasants. 



Unforttmately I have never been able to g"et a photo of 

 the Satyra's frontal display, although I am able to send one of 

 it when showing off sideways as it were without the inflation cA 

 the gular flap and horns. 



These birds are very hardy and make capital aviary birds, 

 but they require good-sized aviaries, so it is not every avicultur- 

 ist who can keep them. ihe hen lays four or five buff eg'gs 

 about the size of a pullet's. These are sometimes marked with 

 a zone of salmon-coloured spots at the larger end. The chicks 

 are pretty little things and are born with their flight feathers 

 fully developed, so they can more or less fly a day or so after 

 leaving the egg. I have not found them very difficult to rear, 

 provided a good supply of insect food can be supplied. They 

 grow fairly rapidly, although not nearly so fast as young 

 Crossoptilons, whose growth is simply phenomenal, but the 

 young males do not attain their full plumage their first season, 

 as is the case with most of the other pheasants. 



Another very handsome Tragopan is Cabot's (Tragopan 

 caboti). This bird comes from S.E. China, and is not so freely 

 imported as T. satyra. It is buff instead of crimson, the spots 

 also being buff. The hens and immature birds are very like 

 those of T. satyra, and might easily be mistaken for them. 

 The eggs, three or four in number, are smaller than the Crimson 

 Tragopan's, and are buff, lightly speckled with pink. 



Writing" of the Crimson Tragopan, Mr. Mume gives the 

 following excellent account : - 



'■ In the sutnmcr tliey arc to be fouiul at elevation of from 8,000 to 

 " 10,000 feet, always in thick cover, by preference in patches of the slender 

 " reed-like ringal bamboo in the neighbourhood of water. Although alwavs 

 " on hills near to, or bordering on the snow, they are never seen amongst 

 " it {except i^erhaps in winter), and seem to shun it as much as the Blood 

 " Pheasant delights in it. lC\en the Moinial will be seen high above the 

 " forest, well U]) on grassy slopes fringed with and dotted about with 

 " patches of snow. But the Tragopan is essentially a forest bird, rarclv. 

 " if ever, wandering up towards the snow, or into the open, and, although 

 " frequenting perhaps rather their outskirts than their deeper recesses, 



