98 PHASIANIDJE. 



LophopJiorus sclateri, Jerdon (Ibis, 1870, p. 147; id. P. A. S. B. 

 1870, p. 60 ; Hume & Marsh. Game B. i, p. 135, pi. ; Godwin- 

 Austen, P. 2. S. 1879, p. 681, pi. li, $ ; Grant, Cat. B. M. xxii, 

 p. 282), has hitherto only been obtained from the Mishmi hills, 

 beyond British limits. It has DO crest, but the crown is covered 

 with crisply curled metallic green feathers ; the hind neck and 

 sides of the neck are coppery bronze ; upper back, median and 

 greater coverts metallic green shot with purple ; smaller coverts 

 coppery bronze shot with green ; lower back, rump, and upper 

 tail-coverts white ; the rump-feathers black-shafted; tail chestnut 

 tipped with white, lower parts black. The female, as described 

 and figured by Godwin-Austen, is rich dark umber-brown, the 

 feathers closely mottled ; lower back, rump, and upper tail-coverts 

 ochraceous white, mottled with dark brown ; tail black, with narrow 

 whitish bars and a broad black tip. 



Genus TRAGOPAN, Cuv., 1829. 



The Horned Pheasants or Trngopans are amongst the most 

 beautifully coloured of all game-birds, the males being more or 

 less clad in red, with white or grey spots, and the females in 

 brown, formed by a minute intermixture of black and buff. The 

 bill is short and stout ; the tarsus equal to the mid-toe and claw, 

 or slightly longer, and armed in the male with a stout spur. The 

 tail, of 18 feathers, is nearly or quite equal to the wing in length, 

 and the middle feathers are considerably longer than the outer ; 

 the wing is rounded, the 1st primary shorter than the 10th, 4th 

 or 5th longest. The male has an occipital crest of lengthened 

 feathers and two elongate erectile subcylindrical fleshy horns one 

 from above each eye: these usually lie concealed by the crest, and 

 are only erected when the bird " shows off." There is also a 

 brilliantly coloured apron-shaped gular wattle or lappet, that can 

 be spread or withdrawn at pleasure. Both horns and wattle only 

 reach their full development in the breeding-season. Sides of the 

 head and throat naked in all species except T. satyra, in which 

 they are thinly clad with feathers. 



ilve species are known, inhabiting the Himalayas and Assam 

 hills and the greater part of China. Three are Himalayan or 

 Assamese, and a fourth is said to occur at a short distance beyond 

 the Assam frontier. 



Key to the Species. 



a. Sides of head rind throat thinly clad ; 



breast red, with white black-edged 



ocelli T. satyra rf, p. S9. 



b. Sides of head and throat naked. 



'. Breast chiefly black, with white 



spots T. melanocephalus $ , p. 100. 



b'. Breast smoky grey T. blythi <$ , p. 102. 



The females of all species closely resemble each other. 



