74 ALLEN S naturalist's LIBRARY. 



Argusianus grayi, Ogilvie-Grant, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. xxii. p. 365 

 (1893)- 

 Adult Male. — Differs chiefly from the male of A. argus in 

 having the mantle and wing-coverts black, mottled with wJiiie 

 and rufous ; the lower back and rump rufoiis-biiff ; the neck 

 and upper chest brighter rufous, with yellowish shaft-stripes ; 

 and the sides and flanks more or less mottled with white. Size 

 smaller. Total length, 60 inches ; wing to the end of the 

 primary quills, 17; to the end of the secondaries, TyT^ ; tail, 42 ; 

 tarsus, 4. 



Adult Female. — Differs from the female of A. argiis in having 

 the neck riist-rcd ; and the under-parts sandy-brow)i^ but 

 slightly mixed with rufous and finely mottled with black. 

 Total length, 29 inches; wing to the end of the primary 

 quills, i2"6; to tlie end of the secondaries, 14; tail, ii"8; 

 tarsus, 3 "6. 



Eange. — Borneo. 



Eggs. — Pale creamy-white, rather fuiely pitted all over with 

 reddish-brow^n. Measurements, 2-6 by i'85 inches. 



III. wood's ARGUS PHEASANT. ARGUSIANUS BIPUNCTATUS. 



Ai'gm bipuncfcifus, Wood, Ann. Mag. N. H. (4) viii. p. 67 

 (1S71); Elliot, Monogr. Phasian. i. pi. 13 [part of pri- 

 mary quill] (1872). 



Argusiauiis bipuncfatus, Ogilvie-Grant, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. xxii. 

 p. 366 (1893). 



This species is still known only from a portion of a primary 

 wing-feather from a male bird, which is now preserved in the 

 British Museum, to which it was presented by Mr. Edward 

 Bartlett. It is so perfectly dictinct both in its markings and 

 in the shape of the shaft of the quill, from either of the above 

 species, that one can have no hesitation in recognising it as 

 belonging to a distinct species, in spite of the somewhat frag- 

 mentary evidence. 



