THE CRESTED ARGUS PHEASANTS. 75 



The general colour of lliis featlier is similar to tliat of a 

 primary quill of A. cu-gns and A. g?'ayi, but there is a reddish- 

 brown band minutely dotted with white on the outer as well as 

 tke inner ivcb. The.^e bands extend over a large proportion of 

 both the webs ; the shaft is remarkably narrow and attenu- 

 ated. 



Range. — Unknown. 



THE CRESTED ARGUS PHEASANTS. GENUS 

 RHEINARDTIUS. 



Rheinardtius, Oiistal. Bull. See. Philom. (7) vi. p. 254 (1882). 

 Type, R.oalldiHS (Bp,). 



Tail composed of twelve feathers, the middle pair being 

 e?iorir,ously elongate (in the male), the second pair considerably 

 shorter, and the outermost pair about one-fifth of the length of 

 the middle pair. 



First primary flight-feather much shorter than the second; 

 fourth about equal to the tenth ; fifth and sixth sub-equal and 

 longest. 



Secondary fliglit-feathers not longer than the primaries. 



Sides of the head naked ; crown feathered, an erect crest of 

 hairy feathers covering the nape. 



Tarsus ratb.er shorter than the middle toe and claw. 



I. RHEINARDT's ARGUS PHEASANT. RHEINARDTIUS 

 OCELLATUS. 



Argus ocellatus, Vtrr.; Bcnap. C. R. xlii. p. 878 (1856)*; 



Elliot, Monogr. Phasiaii. i. pi. 13 (1S72) [tail feathers 



only]. 

 Rheinardtius oeellatus, Oustal. Ann. Sci. Nat. (6) xiii. Art. 12 



(18S2); id. N. Arch. Mus. (2) viii. p. 256, pi. ii. (1885), 



* Described from a few tail-feathers in the Paris Museum. 



