142 THE INDIAN CRIMSON TRAGOPAN. 



fleshy ; the claws brownish horny grey ; the upper throat and 

 orbits fine purplish blue ; the gular wattle orange or salmon 

 coloured, laterally with narrow transverse blue bars ; the horns 

 bright lazuline blue ; 3*15 inches in length. (In February they 

 would have been perhaps 1*25.) The spur 0*3 in length and 

 greyish brown. In other males, I have noted the legs as fleshy 

 grey, more or less tinted with crimson, the tint varying very 

 much in intensity. An immature bird had the legs almost pure 

 white. In some males the spurs are much longer, sharp and 

 somewhat curved. 



Females, measured : — Length, 21*5 to 2375 ; expanse, 28*5 to 

 30*0 ; wing, 8*5 to 9/0 ; tail from vent, 8 to 10 ; tarsus, 3*0 to 

 3*25 ; bill from gape, 1*25 to 1*45. Weight, 2ibs. 4 ozs. to 2ft>s. 

 ioozs. The legs brownish grey, more or less fleshy ; the bill 

 dusky horny ; the irides brown ; the legs of the females have 

 often a purplish tinge, and generally exhibit obsolete tubercles 

 for spurs. 



The Plate only greatly errs in the colouration of the orbital 

 region, and in showing no salmon colour on the wattle, which 

 would be conspicuously visible, with the flap half distended as 

 shown. But the tender grace of the delicate grey shading 

 on the flanks of the male, the marvellous blending of colours 

 on the wing, and the depth and richness of the tints of the 

 female's plumage, which is a perfect poem without words, 

 are all lost in the harsh staring chromo. 



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