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dotted with white. Female — upper plumage, closed wings and tail dark brown, 
rump feathers bearing small triangular marks. Tail feathers, except the 
middle pair, have two ill-defined metallic eyes. Throat white, lower plumage 
brown and buff. Length of male, 25 inches ; wing, 8 inches ; tail, 13 inches 
( female smaller) ; legs, blackish ; irides, white ; bill, dark brown ; skin of 
face, pale yellow. 
THE CRIMSON HORNED PHEASANT. 
Tragopan Satyr a. Native names, Lungee, or Singwal Cheer a, Garhwal 
and Kumaon ; Monal , Nepal; Tirriac-pho , Lepcha ; Omo, Bhoop , Bhutia; 
Nunal , Sikhim : Dafia , Bengal. 
Habitat. —The Himalayas from Garhwal to Sikhim, breeding from not far 
below the snows. 
Description. —Male—face thinly covered with small black feathers, neck 
and lower plumage rich red, body sprinkled with round white spots edged 
with black. Loose skin of the throat deep blue. Tail black mottled with 
rufous, wing quills much barred with rufous. Female—light portions of the 
plumage cinnamon and buff. Lower plumage sandy rufous. Length of male 
2G inches; wing, 11 inches; tail, 10 inches ; horns, blue ; bib, orange; legs, 
flesh-coloured ; irides, brown ; bill, dark brown ; weight, lbs. 
