53. THE GREY BELLIED HORNED 

 PHEASANT. 



Tragopan blythi, (Jerdon). 



MALE : — Lower plumage smoky-grey. 



FEMALE :— Hardly distinguishable from 

 the female Crimson Horned Pheasant, 

 but rather blacker above, and with the 

 patches or streaks on the lower plumage 

 greyish creamy instead of buff. 



Vernacular Names : — Hurr-hurrea, 

 Soon-sooria, Assam ; Gnu, Naga Hills. 



This Pheasant, which was discovered by 

 Ur. Jerdon in 1869, has a considerable 

 range. Dr. R. Cran received it from the 

 Daphla Hills, on the north of the Bhrama- 

 putra River. On the southern side of 

 the same river, this Horned Pheasant has 

 been observed throughout the hill-tracts 

 extending from Sadiya on the east to the 

 Burrail Range on the west. It was pro- 

 cured by Dr. Watt in Manipur, and Major 

 G. Rippon informs me that he observed 

 this species in the Chin Hills on the road 



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