Chap. XIII. 



Display by the Male. 



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spots, each of which consists of two or three black dots with a 

 surrounding dark zone. But the chief ornament is a space 

 parallel to the dark-blue shaft, which in outline forms a perfect 

 second feather lying within the true feather. This inner part is 

 coloured of a lighter chesnut. and is thickly dotted with minute 



Fig. 52. Side view of male Argus pheasant, whilst displaying before the female. 

 Observed and sKetcned from nature by Mr. T. W. Wood. 



