276 PHASIASID^. 



c. J ad. sk. Mishmi Hills. Hume Coll. 



d, e. Pull. St. Zoological Soc. Coll. 



Hyhrid between Tragopan temmincki and Catreus wallichi. 

 a. Pull. St. No locality. J. J. Stone, Esq. 



4. Tragopan blythi. 



Ceriomis temmincki, Jerd. {nee Gray) Ibis, 1870, p. 147 [Upper 

 Assam] ; Neivton, Ibis, 1870, p. 520. 



Ceriornis blythi, Jerd. P. As. Soc. Benq. 1870, p. 00 ; Sclat. P. Z. S. 

 1870, pp. 163, 219, pi. 15; id. Ibis, 1870, p. 520; Grai/, Hand-l. 

 B. ii. p. 262 (1870) ; Gould, B. Asia, vli. pi. 47 (1872) ; Elliot, 

 Mon. Phas. i. pi. 26 (1872) ; Godic.-Aust. P. Z. S. 1872, p. 496 

 [Nao-a Hills] ; Hume,Str. F. vii. p. 472 (1878) [ $ described] ; Hume 

 4" Marsh. Game B. Ind. i. p. 152, pi. (1878) ; Godiv.-Aust. Ibis, 

 1878, p. 206 [Mozemahl ; id. P. Z. S. 1879, p. 457, pi. xxxix. ; 

 Sclat. P. Z. S. 1884, p. ^477 ; Hume, Str. F. xi. p. 301 (1888) 

 [X.E. Manipur]. 



Adult male. Differs from the male of T. satyra chiefly in the 

 following points : — The orange-red feathers on the sides of the head 

 form superciliary stripes commencing above the anterior part of the 

 eye and joining one another posteriorly in an occipital crest, as in 

 T. melanocephalus ; the orange-carmine round the neck does not 

 extend on to the mantle ; the terminal part of the feathers of the 

 upper parts, on each side of the white spot, is very dark Indian red 

 instead of olive-brown ; the longer upper tail-coverts have the 

 white subterminal spots surrounded with reddish brown as in T. 

 melanocephalus ; the sides of the face, chin, and throat are almost 

 entirely naked. The fore part of the neck and chest are orange- 

 carmine ; breast and belly smoky grey or greyish buff ; sides and 

 flanks like the upper parts. Bill black, orbital skin orange ; horns 

 azure ; gular flap brimstone tinged with blue ; legs and feet light 

 brown tinged with pink. Total length 24 inches, wing 10-2, tail 

 7'4, tarsus 3-2. 



Adult female. Apparently nearly resembles the female of T. 

 satyra, but has the upper surface blacker and less ferruginous, and 

 the lower surface is paler and without the ferruginous buff". From 

 the female of T. melanocephalus it is said to be distinguished by 

 the black and buff of the upper surface, which are much richer and 

 darker in tone. 



The female specimen obtained by Mr. Hume from Mr. G. Damant 

 and described by the former in the ' Birds of India ' is not to be found 

 among the specimens in the Hume Collection. 



Hah. Higher ranges of North-east Assam, east of the Burrail 

 range, and southwards to North-east Manipur. 



a. S ad. sk. Sadiya, Upper Assam. T. C. Jerdon, Esq. 



[P.]. (Type of 

 the species.) 



b. S ad. sk. Kohima, Naga Hills (G. Hume Coll. 



Damant). 



c. J imm. sk. Samaguteng, Xaga Hills, Dec. Hume Coll. 



{G. Damant). 



