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The home of Teiiiiuinck's Tragopaii is vSouth- 

 Western China. It is a bird of the mountains, being 

 found at an elevation of about 10,000 feet and 

 frequents forests or thick coverts, and being com- 

 paratively solitary in its habits. 



The Cabot's Tragopan is a bird of much the 

 same type, but the male is a sort of brick red above 

 with buff spots on each feather, and black markings ; 

 the under surlace being buff with red edges to the 

 flank feathers. The female resembles that of 

 Temminck's Tragopan, but is not so dark. This 

 species comes from the mountains of South-Eastern 

 China. 



The Argus Pheasant f Argus gigantcjis) is pro- 

 bably known to most of our readers by name. At 

 present there are two specimens in the Gardens, both 

 obviously females, for they do not show the wonderful 

 development of the wing and tail feathers so character- 

 istic of the male birds. Apart from the size of the 

 wing and tail feathers, the two sexes present much 

 the same appearance. As the captive bird is not in the 

 habit of displaying his wonderfully marked feathers 

 when being watched, those who wish to stud}' it 

 closely should see the specimen set up in the Bird 

 Gallery of the Briti.sh Museum (Natural History 

 Branch) where a specimen is mounted so as to show 

 the feathers to advantage. The habitat of the Argus 

 Pheasant in Siam, the Malay Peninsular, and 

 Sumatra. 



The Moonal Pheasant {Lophophorus refidgens) of 

 which there is a good male specimen just now, and, I 

 believe, also a female, is well known in captivity. 

 The colouring of the male bird is probably the most 

 intense, in its metallic brilliancy, of all the Pheasant 

 tribe. This bird is seen to the best advantage in the 

 sunlight, and as it moves about the splendid colours 

 are reflected first from one part and then from 



