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Meleagris satyra, Limi., Syst. Nat. i. p. 717. Satyra Lathami {Gray), Hard- 

 zcick, III. Ind. ZooL, pis. 49, 51 ; Murray, Avt'f. Brit. Lid. ii. p. 535, 

 No. 1 194. — The SiKKiM Horned Pheasant or Indian Crimson Tragopan. 



Forecrown, nape, and sides bordering the nude parts black ; crest formed of 

 slender hair-Hke feathers black basally and red terminally ; back, rump, wings 

 and upper tail coverts brown, finely barred with black and with white ocelli ; 

 wing coverts and sides of the rump brown, the ocelli on a maronne-red spot at 

 the tip of each feather ; shoulder of wing bright fiery red ; tail black, barred 

 narrowly with rufous ; sides and back of the neck, the breast, and under 

 surface of the body rich crimson red, with white, black-edged spots. Bill 

 brown ; orbits, horns and nude parts fine blue ; wattles blue, with crimson 

 bars when excited ; irides deep brown ; legs yellowish brown. 



Length of Males. — 26-5 to 28-5 ; wing 10 to io-6 ; tail 10 to 11-5 ; tarsus 

 3*25 to 375 ; bill from gape 1-4 to 1-5. Females — 21-5 to 2375 ; wing 8-5 to 

 9; tail 8 to 10; tarsus 3 to 3*25 ; bill from gape 1*25 to 1*45. 



B.ab. — The higher wooded ranges of the Central and Eastern Himalayas, 

 westwards to Kumaon and the western portions of Garhwal. Found in suitable 

 localities throughout Nepaul and Sikkim and well into Bhootan. Occurs also in 

 the Dafla Hills and in the vicinity of Darjeeling. Breeds at elevations of 

 from 9,000 to 1 2,000 feet in the forests that lie below the snow. Eggs, in size, 

 are like large hen's eggs, white, freckled with dull lilac. 



71. Ceriornis melanocephalus {Gray\ Gould, Cent. Bim. B. 

 pis. 63, 64, 65 ; Jerd., B. Ind. iii. p. 517, No. 806; Hime and Marsh., Game 

 Birds \.\). I43. Phasianus nipalensis {Gray, the female), Hardiv., III. Ind. 

 Zool. i. pis. 46, 47, 48 and 2 pi. 40 ; Elliot, Mon. Phas. i. pi. ; Murray, Avif. 

 Brit. Ind, ii. p. 535, No. 1 195.— The Simla Horned Pheasant or the 

 Western Tragopan. 



Head of Ceriornis melanocephalus. 



Head black, crest tipped with red ; nape, the back and sides of neck dark 

 red ; back and upper parts dark brown, minutely barred irregularly with black, 

 each feather with a round white spot on a black ground : shoulder of wing 

 dark red ; quills blackish, mottled and barred with brown ; some of the wing 

 coverts with dusky olive spots ; tertiaries mottled like the back and like the 

 scapulars have a large white spot; upper tail coverts lengthened, the lateral 



