PLATE IX 



WATTLES OF COCK TRAGOPANS 



These wonderful structures come to their full development at the breeding season. At this, as at 

 all other times, they are usually quite invisible, being drawn up to an inconspicuous fold of skin beneath 

 the chin, hidden by feathers. At the climax of courtship the great apron of skin becomes distended and 

 its remarkable pigments and patterns are momentarily displayed to their full expanse before the hen. 



Figure i. Wattle of Western Tragopan {Tragopan melanocephalus). 



Figure 2. Wattle of Cabot's Tragopan {Tragopan caboti). 



Figure 3. Wattle of Temminck's Tragopan ( Tragopan temmincki). 



Figure 4. Wattle of Blyth's Tragopan [Tragopan blythi blythi). 



Figure 5. Wattle of Satyr Tragopan {Tragopan satyra). 



