27. LOPHOPHORUS. 277 



d. c? ad. sk. Manipur. r,r n Woff rp i 



e. 6 inm. sk. Bred in confinement. J. }.Stone El^.'fp.] 



o. Tragopan caboti. 



u. pi. 48 (18o8); ^K^»,/,. p. z. ^. 1863, p. .307 ; Sdat List of 

 P^'as. p. 11 (186:j) [? China] ; S,ci„k. //, >, 1865, p. So iffill of 



?87" i lo-^^r'"",^'; ^-f '^' l^'l' P- 399;-*«/.arZ. P. Z. S. 



Sanifif' !*■ ' P ^^^ ^^^^'^ tMts. between Fo-kien and 



Cerion^s modestus, David MS., David S,- Omtal. Ois. Chine, p. 419 



A<lult male Head very similar to that of T. I,h,thi, hut the black 

 feat ers of the back of the head cover also the nape ; the feathers 



tlrnlT"'lTl^'^r '" ^"^"^- '^^ ^P°t at the extremity of each 

 tlTZ ". . l^"«-^-olourcd, the edges maroon, and one or two 



b f? T^ f/'°^' r '^°"^ '"°'' ''^'■^ «" the basal part of the 

 Wfi;/ r.'^K a- "t^^ tail-feathers are more coarselv barred and 

 mottled with butt than in any of the other species of the genus. 

 As in I U^tla the sides of the face, chin, and throat are naked. 

 Lht^t breast, and belly buff", mottled with black and buff and edged 

 wth Indian red towards the base; sides and flanks much like ?he 



eathers of the upper parts. Total length ca. 23 inches, wing 9-2, 

 laiJ ca. b-b, tarsus 2-9. 



A.Mt female is said to resemble the female of T. temmincU. 

 //«6. bouth-ea^tern China: mountains between Fo-kien and 

 Kiang-81 ; also the hills in the interior of Quan^ 



-SI .' 



"• ^ '^'l- ''^^ China. Purchased. 



27. LOPHOPHORUS. 



' L. sclateri. 



Tail composed of 18 feathers, of moderate length, and rounded, 

 the outer pair about an inch and a half shorter than the middle pair 



Ihe 1st primary considerably .shorter than the 10th; 2nd about 

 equal to the 8th : ,5th slightlv the longest. 



o. 11/''^^,,«1 ™^1« Y'^^ ^° elongate crest of feathers or without a 

 tre,t, all the feathers of the top of the head being curled (as in 

 -ilatiucodia comrii). ^ 



Nearly naked space round the eye. 



Tarsus shorter than the middle toe and claw, armed in the male 

 with a stout spur. 



Mawje. Himalayas from Eastern Afghanistan to Xorth-east 

 Assam and northwards to Western Sze-chuen and Eastern 

 Koko-nor. 



