7& Allen's naturalist's library. 



Argus rheinardti, Maingonnat, Bull. Soc. Zool. France, vii. p. 



XXV. (1882). 

 Rheinardtius ocellatus^ Ogilvie-Grant, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. xxii. p. 



367 (1893). 

 AdiUt Male. — General colour dark brown, mixed her" -^nd 

 there, especially on the under-parts, with rufous, and thickly 

 covered with small white spots and markings ; upper tail- 

 coverts and the enormously elongate middle pair of tail-feathers 

 grey, thickly covered with large spots and markings of chest- 

 nut, the spots on each side of the shaft with black central 

 rings and smaller rounded dots of white ; outer tail-feathers 

 reddish-brown, thickly covered with round white spots sur- 

 rounded by rings of black. Total length, about seven feet ; 

 wing, 13-5 inches; tail, 5 feet; tarsus, 3*5 inches; middle 

 toe and claw, 37. 



Adult Female. — Crest smaller than in the male ; general 

 colour above umber-brown, transversely mottled with black 

 and buff, these markings being stronger on the secondaries and 

 tail-feathers ; below brown, fmely mottled with black. Total 

 length, about 31 inches; wing, 11 "5; tail, 14*5; tarsus, 

 3'4- 



Range. — Mountains in the interior of Tonkin. 



This pheasant, still one of the rarest in collections, was first 

 described in 1856 from some tail-feathers in the Paris Museum. 

 Nothing more was known of it till 1882, when several pairs 

 were obtained by the French- during the Tonkin War, and in 

 course of time found their way to Paris. Of these, the 

 British Museum was fortunate enough to secure a fine adult 

 pair, which were subsequently beautifully mounted by Mn 

 Pickhardt, the well-known taxidermist, and may now be seen 

 exhibited in a case along with the Common Argus-Pheasant 

 at the Natural History Museum. Nothing is recorded about 

 this bird's habits, but they probably do not differ greatly from 

 those of the Common Argus. 



