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(379) THE BLACK-HEADED TRAGOPAN. 



(CEEIOENIS MELANOCEPHALA— Gray.) 



This species is not so brilliantly coloured as the preceding, owing 

 to there being less red about it. 



Hab. — Himalayas, from Gharwal to Kashmir. 



Length of life in captivity. 

 A specimen lived for about seven months only. 



(380) TEMMINCK'S TRAGOPAN. 



(CEEIOENIS TEMMINCKI— {Gray.) ) 



Hab. — Central China. 



Only an immature specimen was exhibited. 



(381) CABOT'S HORNED TRAGOPAN. 



(CEEIOENIS CAEOTI— Gould.) 



Description. — Head, nape, and sides of the head black; crest brilliant 

 red ; a patch of bright chestnut on each side of the neck ; upper parts 

 reddish brown, covered with bright buff spots, which are surrounded 

 with black ; the spots are largest on the wings and tail coverts ; sides 

 marked with red and black. 



Hab.— South- West China. 



Length of life in captivity* 

 From January 1884 to April 1886. 



(382) BLYTH'S TRAGOPAN. 



(CEEIOENIS BLYTHI—Jerdon.) 



Description. — Head, neck, and breast bright chestnut ; a broad stripe 

 on the top of the head, and a narrow one on each side of the ears black ; 

 face and bare skin of the throat rich yellow ; a band of green lined by 

 black separates the yellow of the neck from the chestnut of the breast ; 

 upper parts reddish brown, covered with white spots; abdomen ashy 

 grey ; primaries chestnut ; bill black, 



Hab. — Upper Assam. 



Length of life in captivity. 

 More than a year. 



Treatment in health. 



Tragopans are very delicate birds to deal with in the plains of 

 Bengal, and it is therefore better not to attempt acquiring the rarer 



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