28 GAME BIRDS OF INDIA AND ASIA. 



The Crimson Tragopan. 



Tragopan satyr a. Faun. Brit. Ind., Birds, 

 Vol. IV, p. 99. 



Native names : — Lungi, Hind, in Garhwal 

 and Kumaun ; Monal in Nepal ; Omo, 

 Bap, Bhutia ; Tar-rhyak, Lepcha. 



In this species the male's face and throat are 

 thinly feathered ; the general plumage is rich red 

 on the neck and below, and mottled black and 

 brown above, sprinkled nearly all over with round 

 white spots edged with black ; the head and tail 

 are black, with a red band round the back of the 

 former ; the bend of.the wing is also red, and there 

 are red patches on the mottied brown plumage of 

 the rest of the wing and the rump. 



The bill is blackish brown, the horns sky-blue, 

 and the skin of the face and the throat rich deep 

 blue, the bib being blue, with large red lateral spots 

 when expanded ; the eyes are dark and the legs 

 flesh-coloured. 



The hen is of a rich brown, paler below, grizzled 

 and mixed with black and buff. Her beak is dark 

 horn-colour, and her legs fleshy grey. 



Young birds are like the hen, but distinctly 

 streaked with buff ; young cocks assume male 

 plumage very gradually. 



The male is well over two feet long, with wing 

 and tail each about ten inches, and shank over 

 three, and twice as long as the bill. The hen is 

 under two feet, with the tail shorter than the wing. 



This species, one of the most richly-coloured 

 birds in existence, inhabits the Himalayas from 

 Garhwal to Bhootan, ranging according to season 



