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GAME BIRDS. 
2^ine and juniper. They seldom or never crow, but emit a weak, cackling noise. 
When put up, they take a short flight, and then run to shelter. During September 
flocks of ten to fifteen may be seen, males and females in almost equal proportions; 
and in December packs of seventy to one hundred birds collect. 
The tragopans or horned pheasants, so often misnamed Argus 
Tragopans. p] ieasan p S} include five large and magnificent species, unsurpassed for 
beauty and the harmony of their tints by any other members of the group. The 
CRIMSON TRAGOPAN (1 Tiat. size). 
males are provided with a pair of erectile, fleshy, blue horns inserted on each side 
of the crown above the eyes, and during the breeding-season the throat is covered 
with a brightly-coloured lappet, hanging down several inches when the birds are 
excited by passion, but barely visible during the winter. Their habitat includes 
the higher wooded ranges of Northern India and China. By far the most 
brilliantly coloured species is the crimson tragopan (Tragopan satyra ) ranging in 
the Himalaya from Kumaon to Bhutan. The male has the top and sides of the 
head black, the neck, mantle, and under-parts orange-carmine, and the rest of the 
upper-parts olive-brown, each feather being ornamented at the tip with a round 
