ARGDSIANUS. PAVO. 61 



Geuus ARGUSIANUS, Itafi,,. 



Argusianus argus {Linn.). 



Gallus giganteus, Baedeker, Eier Eur. Vof/. tab. 65. fig-. 7 (1855-G3). 

 Argus giganteus, Sclater, P. Z. <S'. 1879, p. 115, pi. viii. fig. 1 ; Hume ^• 



Marsh. Game Birds Lid. i. p. 99 (1879). 

 Argusianus argus, Grant, Cat. Birds B. M. xxii. p. 363 C1893) ; Oates, 



Game Birds Ind. i. p, 286 (1898) ; Skarpe, Iland-l. i. p. 40 (1899). 



The two eggs of the Argus Pheasant are blunt OTals, smooth and 

 fairly glossj'. They are pale reddish buff, freckled with pale reddish 

 brown. In one specimen the freckles are coarse and distributed all 

 over the shell ; in the other they are minute and clustered round the 

 two ends. 



The dimensions of two examples are respectively : 2*55 by 1"85 ; 

 2-6 by 1-9 *. 



2. Laid in confinement (Zool. Gar- Zool. Society, 



dens, London, June). 



Argusianus grayi {Elliot). 

 (Plate VI. fig. 4.) 



Argusianus grayi, Sharpe, Ibis, 1879, p. 267 ; Grant, Cat. Birds B. M. 

 xxii. p. 365 (1893); Sharpe, Hand-l. i. p. 40 (1899). 



The eggs of Gray's Argus Pheasant in the Collection are of a very 

 regular oval form. Two are glossless and cream-coloured, very 

 minutely stippled all over with pale rufous. A third specimen has 

 a considerable amount of gloss and is of a pale creamy-yellow colour, 

 with numerous small yellow smears on the shell, which are probably 

 caused by incubation. Three examples measure respectively : 2"65 

 by 1-S2; 2-0 by 1-S ; 2-43 by 1-68. 



2. Mengalong River, Borneo. Sir Hugh Low [C.]. 



1. Baram, Sarawak, 12'Lh Aug. Charles Hose, Esq. [P.]. 



Genus PAVO, Linn. 



Pavo cristatus, Linn. 



Pavo cristatus, Thien. Fortpflanz. ges. Vac/, p. 13, tab. vi. fig. I 

 (1845-54) ; Baedeker, Eier Ear. TTIff. tab. 77. fig. 3 (1855-63) ; 

 Hume ^- Marsh. Game Birds Ind. i. p. 81 (1879) ; Lec/ye, Birds Ceyl. 

 p. 731 (1880) ; Oates ed. Hume, Nests i^- Egqs Ind. B. iii. p. 405 

 (1890) ; Grant, Cat. Birds B. M. xxii. p. 368 (1893) ; Outes, Game 

 Birds Ind. i. p. 274 (1898; ; Sharpe, Hand-l. i. p. 40 (1899). 



The eggs of the Common Pea-Fowl are regular ovals, with a 



* It is doubtful whether the Phasianus giganteus of Thienemann {Forfpjium. 

 p. 18, tab. vi. f]g. 6) is referable lo this species. The egg figured measures only 

 2-U5 by 1-65. 



