TaBB. LXIII., LXIV., er LXV. 
TRAGOPAN HASTINGSII. 
T rag. dorso brunneo-fusco undulato, abdomine intensé rubro, amborum plumis ad apicem negris wm 
medio albo guttatis ; crista cressoque atris, 2lla ad apicem coccined, hoc albo maculato; collo 
postervore coccmeo ; thorace aurantio ; regione curcumoculare nuda ; carunculisque pendentibus 
luteis ; cauda@ atra, lutescenti-albo undulata. 
Longitudo corporis, 23 unc.; ale, 11; caudee, 94; tarsz, 34. 
Tas new species, on which we have bestowed the name of Hasting'sii in honour of the Noble Marquis, whose 
patronage of science reflected as much credit on his government of India as his political career conferred 
glory, is no less beautiful than the foregoing species Z. Satyrus. It somewhat exceeds that bird in size, and 
may readily be distinguished from it by the gorget of fiery orange which ornaments the lower parts of the 
neck ; the feathers also of the breast and under parts are largely tipped with black, which, were it not for the 
white spot in the middle of each, would appear to be the uniform colour of this part, although the basal half 
of each feather is maroon. 
Although this species and the last are closely allied to each other, and doubtless possess similar habits 
and manners, we are led to believe that their local distribution is somewhat different; at least we generally 
receive but one species in a collection from the same quarter; the Zragopan Satyrus being transmitted from 
the Nepaulese hills, while the present species is sent to us from the more northern range of the Himalaya. 
The changes of plumage which birds of this genus, especially the present, undergo in passing from youth to 
maturity are such as to have caused an apparently erroneous multiplication of species. Diligent and repeated 
observations of a series of these birds in the various stages of their plumage have satisfied us that there are 
in reality but three distinct species yet known, two of which are figured in the “Century,” the third being 
the Zragopan Temmincku before alluded to as illustrated in the ‘Indian Zoology” of Major-general Hard- 
wicke and Mr. Gray. 
The head of the adult male is covered with a pendent crest of feathers, which as well as the ear-coverts 
and throat are black; the neck and shoulders are rich maroon; the chest rich glossy orange red; the naked 
skin around the eyes is red; the fleshy horns and wattles mingled blue and purple; the upper parts exhibit a 
mixture of zigzag lines and marks of dark and light brown, with numerous and distinct spots of white; each 
of the upper tail-coverts ends in a large white eye, bordered on the sides with brown, and tipped with black ; 
the tail deepens till it ends in uniform black; the feathers of the under surface are maroon, largely tipped 
with black, in the centre of which is a large white spot ; the beak is black ; the tarsi brown. 
In the young male the plumage is much less brilliant, the wattles being of a pale flesh colour, and little 
developed, as is also the naked skin of the face. 
The plumage of the female consists of a uniform brown, mottled and barred with mingled lines and dots of 
various tints, the feathers of the back and chest having a central dash of a lighter colour ; the head is crested 
with short rounded feathers; the sides of the cheeks are clothed, and there are neither fleshy horns nor 
wattles. 
The respective Plates represent the male, young male, and female, two thirds of their natural size. 
