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Jerdon B. of I. vol. III.

p 517. Ceriornis (or Tragopan or Ceratornis) satyra ♀ "with faint white lines on upper back & wing-coverts, being the representative of the white ocelli of the male"

Argus Pheasant

[Descent 2: 134, n46: "Jerdon, 'Birds of India,' vol. iii. p. 517."]

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The male alone of Sypheotides auritus (one of the Bustards, Jerdon Birds of India vol. 3. p. 621) has the primary quills acuminated, whether this has any connection with the Humming noise made by the allied species (p 618) when courting the female, I know not

[Descent 2: 65, n54: "Jerdon, 'Birds of India,' vol. iii. p. 618, 621."]

Reference:

Jerdon, Thomas Claverhill. 1862-1864. The birds of India; being a natural history of all the birds known to inhabit continental India, with descriptions of the species, genera, families, tribes, and orders, and a brief notice of such families as are not found in India, making it a manual of ornithology specially adapted for India. 2 vols. in 3. Calcutta: the author. [A copy ordered, CCD16] vol. 1 PDF vol. 2 pt. 1 PDF vol. 2 pt. 2 PDF