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g e n u s , w a s th e on ly sp e c ie s k n ow n p rev io u s ly to th e pu bUca tio n o f th e “ C e n tu ry .” I t was w ith no little
p le a su re th a t we fo u n d am o n g o u r s to r e s from th e H im a lay a n d is t ric t a se co n d sp e cie s, th e Tragopan
Hastiugsii, w h ic h is f ig u red in th e fo llow in g P la te . T o th e se m a y be a d d ed a th ird , w h ich M r. Gray
o f th e B r iti s h M u s e um h a s la te ly in tro d u c e d to s c ien c e , d e d ic a tin g it to th a t c e le b ra te d o rn itlio io g is t
M . T em m in c k .
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ty p ic a l PhaslanuJx, f o rm in g o n e o f th e lin k s o f a c h a in c o n n e c tin g th e s e g ro u p s o f th e IU sorial O rd e r . T iie
affinity o f th is g e n u s to th a t o f Meleagris is e v id en t in ma n y c h a r a c te r s ; n o r a re som e w an tin g wh ich in d ic ate
a r e la tio n sh ip to Numida, a n d ev en to Francolinas; b u t ma n y lin k s h a v e y e t to be d isc o v ere d b efore th e
d e fic ien cie s c an b e filled u p ; a n d a p a tie n t an aly sis o f th e fo rm s o f th e R asorial O rd e r is y e t req u ire d be fo re
th e in tric a c ie s in w h ic h tlie su b je c t is en v elo p e d c an be th o ro u g h ly d is e n ta n g led . W ith r e fe ren c e to th e
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w itli th e Lophophorus, its p ro x im a te r e la tiv e ; fe e d in g on g r a in s a n d ro o ts , th e la rv a j o f a n ts a n d o th e r
in s e c ts .
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th e h e ad a n d b a ck o f th e n e ck a r e b la c k ; th e r e s t o f th e n e ck rich s c a r le t m a ro o n ; th e b a ck an d tijiper
su rfa c e a re oliv e b row n m a rk e d w ith b la ck b a rs , z ig zag lin e s, a n d ir r e g u la r sp o ts o f w h ite ; tb e sh o u ld e rs
a p p ro a c h to a b lo o d - c o lo u r ; th e q u ills a n d ta il a re b la ck ish b r o w n ; th e u n d e r su rfa c e b lo o d-co lo u r o r
s c a r le t m a ro o n , w ith n um e ro u s w h ite s jio ts e n c irc led w ith a m a rg in o f b la ck ; tlie b e ak b rown ; th e ta rs i
lig h t b row n .
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