51. THE WESTERN HORNED 

 PHEASANT. 



Tragopan melanocephahis^ (GRAY), 



MALE : Lower plumage black with round 

 white spots. 



FEMALE : Lower plumage with round 

 or oval white spots, each more or less 

 edged with black ; the inner webs of the 

 quills of the wing nearly plain. 



VERNACULAR NAMES : Jowar, Garhwal ; 

 Jaghi, Jajhi, Busahir ; Sing-monal, 

 N.W. Himalayas ; Fulgoor, Chamba ; 

 Jigurana^ Jeejurana, male, Bodal, 

 female, Kulu, Mandi, etc. 



THE Western Horned Pheasant is found 

 in the Himalayas from Garhwal to Kashmir, 

 and according to Mr. Hume even to 

 Hazara; but the series of skins in the 

 Hume Collection is defective in specimens 

 from the extreme north-west, and we can- 

 not trace the limits of this species in 

 Kashmir and beyond. This Pheasant 

 does not anywhere meet the Crimson 

 Horned Pheasant, the range of the two 

 species being, according to Mr, Hume, 



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