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THE NEPAUL OR HORNED TRAGOPAN. 
Tragopan satyrus, — Cuvier. 
PLATE XXIV. 
Homed Pheasant, Edwards' Birds, pi. 116. — Ph.isian.us sa- 
tjms, Temminck, Hisioire Naturelle des Pigeons et Galli- 
naces, ii. 349. — Horned Pheasant, Latham's General His- 
tory, viii. p. 208. — Tragopan satyrus, Cuvier, Regne Ani- 
mal, i. p. 479 Gould's Century. 
In looking over the various ornithological works 
in our possession for the history of these beautiful 
birds, we have been able to find literally nothing ; 
their habits are completely unknown, or not touch- 
ed upon. They seem confined to the more alpine 
regions, reach the limit of snow, and the present 
species has been brought from Thibet and Nepatil ; 
the next has been received from Himalaya. It 
would be of great importance to ornithologists, if 
notes were made regarding all the birds composing 
this genus, Euplocomus and Lophophorus. Until 
we know a little more regarding them, it is impossible 
to assign to them with any certainty a place in any 
system. 
This bird is about the size of a large domestic 
fowl. The bare skin is of a bright bluish-purple. 
