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long as the outer pair, and all partially glossed with metallic 

 purple^ hut ivithout metallic ocelli. 



First primary fiight-feather much shorter than the second, 

 which is shorter than the tenth ; sixth slightly the longest. 



Sides of the face covered with small feathers. 



Male armed with two or more pairs of spurs. Tlumage of 

 sexes alike. 



Only one species is known. 



I. THE BRONZE-TAILED PEACOCK- PHEASANT. CHALCURUS 

 CHALCURUS. 



rolyplectriimchalcurum, Less. Traite d'Orn. p. 487 (1831). 

 Folyplcctron chalcnrum, Temm. PL Col. v. pi. 19 [No. 519] 



(1831); Elliot, Monogr. Phasian. i. pi. 10 (1872). 

 Chalcurus inocellatus (Less.), Bonap. C. R. xlii. p. 878 (1856). 

 Chalcurus chalcurus, Ogilvie-Grant, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. xxii. p. 

 361 (1893)- 



Adult Male.— General co\oux broivn ; upper-parts barred and 

 fringed with dull rufous ; throat- and neck feathers with white 

 shafts ; middle tail-feathers black, irregularly barred with rufous 

 and shading into metallic purplishddue towards the extremities; 

 outer pairs similar but with the greater part of the outer and 

 much of the inner webs purplish-blue, changing into violet. 

 Total length, 18 inches; wing, 6-6, tail, 9*2 ; tarsus, 2-4. 



Adult Female.— Like the male, but smaller and devoid of 

 spurs. Total length, 15-7 inches ; wing, 6-2 ; tail, 7-4 ; tarsus, 



2'2. 



Range. — Sumatra. 



Nothing is known of the habits of this rare Pheasant. Dr. 

 Biittikofer tells us that the native name is " Karo-Karo." 



THE ARGUS PHEASANTS. GENUS ARGUSIANUS. 



Argus, Temm. {nee Boh. Mollusca, 1761 ; tiec Scop. Lepi- 

 doptera, 1777), Pig. et Gall. ii. p. 410 (18 13). 



