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Genus TRAGOPAN, — Cuvier. 
The Homed Pheasant of Edwards and Latham, 
for the reception of which the Baron Cuvier esta- 
blished his genus Tragopan, long puzzled ornitho- 
logists, and we have it accordingly changed from one 
place to another, and find it ranking sometimes with 
Phasianus, sometimes with Meleagris, and at ano- 
ther with Penelope. The form of these birds perhaps 
approach as near to the next genus, or the Guinea 
hen, as any other. The plumage is very ample ; the 
tail comparatively short ; but the most prominent 
feature about them is a loose pendent skin which 
hangs from the base of the lower mandibles, and can 
be inflated at pleasure ; and on the head, behind the 
eyes, two lengthened protuberances, which are also 
capable of enlargement and erection. The females, 
again, are of unobtrusive plumage, and resemble 
those of the last genus. This small group has been 
now extended to four species. The first we shall 
notice is 
