m 



So rapid were their evolutions, that at times it 

 difficult for the eye to follow tfeatt* They 

 had cert^aaly tt Beau^l ia.|ip^AtMS©, ttm^M in 



mL^r dark plmiiage, with a tinge of yi^lhnv (>v<,'r 

 the male. The male of the widow-bird is like 

 the female for four montlis of the year, about the 

 spring season. 



Tkere if a $^ecim <rf iV%«j ur T?mtistoae, 

 which was lately brought hy Captain Dmrn^ 

 who presented it to Mr. Beak; : it was cau^^ht 

 alive three hundred miles from tlie nearest land, 

 in lat. 15'^ north, and 169° east longitude. 



^i^er J^ictifti h&d* wifich itt^Hs ma^ 

 tiiM^ h that elegaat mssltm^ the i^r&^pm 



satyrus, or horned Tragopan : it is the T/J, J[ou, 

 JVieif, of the Chinese, and may receive an 

 appropriate English name in the Medailiou Phea- 



eolouTs^ (ymtii^ m leis bsiffliaxli;, ax^tdbg to the 



excitement the bird may be in at the ti nu%) 

 which is disphiyod or eontraeted at tlie will of 

 the animal; at which time its purple horns are 

 also elevated : this app^iarance is usually pbse^r^^ 

 didbgth^ mmSx& of January la Marnh, when 

 courting the female. In the contracted state it 

 has nunvly the ajjpearancc of ;i purpli! skin under 

 the lower mandible, and sometimes there is not 

 ^ slightest indication of the existence of any 



