7^ Lloyd's natural history. 



Argus rheinardii^ Maingonnat, Bull. See. Zool. France, vii. p. 



XXV. (1882). 

 Rkcinardtius oceHatus, Ogilvie-Grant, Cat. B. Brit. ]\Ius. xxii. p. 



367 (1893). 

 Adult Male. — General colour dark brown, mixed here and 

 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 widi 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. 



Adp.lt Female. — Crest smaller than in the male ; general 

 colour above umber-brown, transversely mottled with black 

 and buff, these m.arkings being stronger on the secondaries and 

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

 length, about 31 inches; wing, 11 "5; tail, i4'5; tarsus, 

 3*4- 



Ean^e. — iMountains 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 Mr. 

 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. 



