84 TEAGOPAN. 



36. Pucrasia nipalensis. The Nepal Koklass Pheasant. 



Pokrass, Nepal. 



3* 24"; 2 lbs. j 21"; 1| to 2 lbs. Legs bluish grey. Bill dusky. Triangular 

 white patch on throat, edged with black-brown markings. Mantle, sides of neck, 

 and flank-feathers striated black, chestnut, and grey. — Female: As in P.macrolopka, 

 but more rich in colour. Central Himalayas and W. Nepal. (H. & M. i. 165.) 



37. Pucrasia castanea. The Chestnut-mantled Koklass Pheasant. 



Differs from P. macrolopha in having nape and upper part of mantle deep 

 chestnut. — Female: Not yet described. N. Afghanistan and Kafiristan. Possibly 

 may be found in Kashmir. (S.F. v. 188. 0. 312. O.G. i. 285.) 



P. meyeri, Meyer's K.P. from W. China and C. Tibet, with well-marked yellow nuchal 

 collar. Outer tail rufous. 



B. Basal part of outer tail grey. 



P. xanthosphila. The Yellow-necked K.P. from N.W. China and E. Tibet, the feathers 

 black with grey margins and grey shaft stripes. Outer tail grey, banded black. 



P. darwini. Darwin's K.P. from E. China, with no yellow collar. (O.G. i. 285-287.) 



Note. — In Tragopan the tail is not longer than wing in males and shorter in 

 females. 



Genus TRAGOPAN. 



Tail ) comparatively short, of eighteen (sometimes twenty) feathers. Axillary 

 feathers very long. Sides of head naked or thinly feathered. Crested in both 

 sexes. Males have an erectile fleshy horn above each eye and a gular wattle. 

 Brilliant plumage with white or grey spots. Spur on each tarsus. — Female: 

 Crest shorter than in males. Plumage plain. Karely spurred. Forest birds, 

 rarely seen. Himalayas, Assam, and China. The Argus of European sportsmen. 



38. Tragopan satyra. The Crimson Horned Pheasant. 



(TdTvpos=SL satyr, companion of Bacchus ; at first represented with long, pointed ears, a 

 goat's tail, and small knobs, like horns, behind the ears. 



Loongee, Kumaon; Moonal, Nepal; Nunal, Sikkim; Dafia, Bengal; Tirriak-pho 



(Lepcha) ; Omo (Bhutia). 



^ 26" to 28J"; 4J lbs. ? 21 J" to 24"; 2| to 2 J lbs. Legs yellow-brown. 

 Bill brown. Orbits blue. — Male: Gular wattle orange with blue cross-bars. 

 Horns blue. Crest black in front, red behind. Sides of head with black 

 feathers. Above brown, finely barred black, with white spots. On wing-coverts 

 white ocelli edged black. Neck, breast, and below crimson, with white spots 

 edged black. Tail black. — Female : Brown, with dark mottlings, and spotted 

 with triangular buff marks. Below sandy, finely mottled black, with triangular 

 white or buff shaft spots, the white lines below increasing in size from breast to 

 vent. Common between 7,000 and 10,000 feet. From Kumaon through Nepal 

 and Sikkim to Bhutan. Males generally outnumber females four to one. Eggs 

 (2.58x1-82) nearly white, slightly freckled lilac. (J. 805. B. 1344. 0. 50. 

 O.G. i. 220. H. & M. i. 137.) 



