TRAGOPAN. 



xxxvii, pt. 2, p. 07 ; Hume, N. $ E. p. 522 ; Hume 8? Marsh 

 Game B. i, p. 143, pi. ; Hume, Cat. no. 800 ; C\ H. T. Marshall, 

 Ibis, 1884, p. 422 : Gates in Humes N. $ E. 2nd ed. iii, p. 410. 

 Tragopan melanocephalu?, Oyiloie Grant, Cat. B. M. xxii, p. 273. 



The Simla Horned Pheasant, Jerdon ; Jewar, Jowar, Garhwal ; Jaghi 

 Jqjhi, Bashahr ; Sing-mortal, II. (N.W. Himalayas); Jigurana rf, 

 Bvdal 5> Kulu, Mandi, Suket; Falyur, Chamba ; Art/us of European 

 sportsmen. 



Coloration. Male. Head black ; occipital crest-feathers longer 

 than in T. satyra, some of them tipped red ; no red streaks on the 

 sides o the occiput ; nape and neck all round red, deep Indian red 

 behind, brighter, almost scarlet in front ; upper parts from the 

 neck black, ver mi culated with whitish buff and dotted over with 

 white ocelli ; upper tail-coverts each with a black tip and a large 

 subterminal white spot that passes into a brown patch on each 

 side ; bend of wing Indian red : quills black, with buff vermicu- 

 lations and irregular bars ; tail the same, the buff markings 

 disappearing towards the end : lower surface from neck black 

 with round white spots, larger behind, basal portion of feathers 

 deep red on. breast and upper abdomen, mottled black and buff on 

 lower abdomen and flanks. 



Females differ from those of T. satyra in being much greyer in 

 colour, and in the pale elongate shaft-spots of the lower surface 

 being white instead of buff, and well-defined with dark brown, 

 borders. 



In the male, bill blackish, irides hazel-brown, naked orbits bright 

 red, horns pale blue ; the gular wattle purple in the middle, 

 spotted and edged with pale blue and fleshy on the sides ; legs 

 and feet fleshy ( Wilson). In the female, the legs and feet are 

 greyish ashy (Hume). The horns ai>d lappets shrivel up and 

 almost disappear in winter. 



Length of male about 28 ; tail 10'5 ; wing 11 ; tarsus 3'1 ; 

 bill from gape 1'5. Length of female about 24 ; tail 8 ; 

 wing 9*5. 



Distribution. The Xorth-western Himalayas from Garhwal to 

 Hazara. The Eastern limit, according to Hume, is between tin* 

 Kattor and Billing Hirers in Native Garhwal, the Western is east 

 of the Indus. 



Habits, 6fc. These have been admirably described at length by 

 Wilson (" Mountaineer "), whose notes are quoted by Jerdon and 

 Hume. They are very similar to those of T. satyra. This 

 Horned Pheasant is a forest bird, feeding chiefly on leaves of 

 trees and bamboos : it keeps at elevations near the snow in summer, 

 descending lower in winter, and has a bleating call, which, how- 

 ever, is very rarely uttered except in the breeding-season. Six 

 eggs were found in a rough nest of grass and sticks on May 25th, 

 by Capt. Lautour, when shooting in Hazara : the eggs were pale 

 buff, finely and minutely freckled, and averaged 2-51 by 1*7. 



