tHE CRESTED ARGUS PHEASANTS. 75 



The general colour of this feather is similar to that of a 

 primary quill of A. arg/iS and A. grayi\ but there is a reddish- 

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

 the inner web. These 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. 



RheinardtiuSj Oustal. Bull. Soc. Philom. (7) vi. p. 254 (1882). 

 Type, R. ocellaius (Bp.). 



Tail composed of twelve feathers^ the middle pair being 

 enormously 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 ; ffth and sixth sub-equal and 

 longest. 



Secondary flight-feathers not longer than the primaries. 



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

 hairy feathers covering the nape. 



Tarsus rather shorter than the middle toe and claw. 



I„ RHEINARDT's ARGUS PHEASANT. RHEINARDTIUS 

 OCELLATUS. 



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



Elliot, Monogr. Phasian. i. pi. 13 (1872) [tail feathers 



only]. 

 Rheinardtius ocellatus, 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. 



