50 PHASIANID/E. 



63. PavO muticUS, Zz>/«., Syst. Nat, i, p. 268 ; Elliot, Man. Phas. 

 i. pi. S; Hiunc, Str. F. iii. p. 165; Blyt/i and Wald., B. Burm. p. I47; 

 Dav. et Oust. Ois. Chine, p. 4O2 ; Anders., Yunnan Exped. p 668 ; Hume 

 a7id Dav., Str. F. vi. pp. 425, 520; Hume, Str. F. vii. p. 455 ; viii. p. i lO ; 

 Hume and Marsh., Game Birds p. 94, pi.; Bingham, Str. F. ix. p. 195 ; Oates, 

 Str. F. X. p. 235 ; Kelham, Ibis, 188 1, p. 529 ; Oates, B. Br. Burnt, ii. p. 312 ; 

 Murray, Avif. Brit. hid. ii. p. 529, No. 1187. — The Burmese Peafowl. 



Crest of feathers webbed throughout their whole length ; head, neck and 

 breast brilliant green ; scapulars, tertiaries and lesser wing coverts uniform and 

 unbarred rufescent ; facial skin blue above and round the eyes ; deep yellow on 

 the remainder of the face ; wing coverts violet blue, edged with pale greenish 

 yellow ; quills rufescent. Legs and feet dark horny brown ; irides dark brown. 



Length. — To end of true tail 4O to 48 inches; train projects beyond end of 

 tail from 24 to 44 ; wing 1675 to 1975 ; tail from vent i5'5 to I7"5 ; tarsus 

 5-5 ; bill from gape 1-95 to 2-5. 



Hab. — British Burmah, extending north as far as Chittagong; east 

 through Siam to Cochin-China, and south down the Malay Peninsula. 



Gen. Argusianus.— ^«/«. 



Bill short and strong ; upper mandible deflected at the tip, convex ; nostrils 

 basal, lateral ; head naked ; tail long. 



64. ArgUSianUS argUS {Li7in.), Oates, B. Br. Burm. ii. p. 313. 

 Phasianus argus, Linn., Syst. Nat. i. p. 272. Argusianus giganteus, Bl., B. 

 Burm. p. I48. Argus giganteus, ^///c/, Afon. Phas.'i. pi. 11 ; Hume and 

 Dav., Sir. F. vi. p. 427 ; Hume, Str. F. viii. p. I lO ; Hume and Marsh., Game 

 Birds i. p. 99, pi. Argusa giganteus, Kelha?n, Ibis, 188 1, p. 53O; Murray, 

 Avif. Brit. Ind. ii. p. 50, No. 1 188. —The Argus Pheasant. 



Head, cheeks, chin, and gular region naked and slaty blue ; some bristly 

 feathers on the occiput black, forming ear-like tufts ; back of neck huffish, 

 minutely spotted with black ; lower neck, breast and upper back reddish 

 chestnut, also minutely streaked and speckled with black ; lower back and 

 rump bullish, lighter on the rump ; upper tail coverts dark vinaceous, thickly 

 and closely variegated with ocelli. Wing coverts buflish, thickly freckled and 

 speckled with dark brown ; tertiaries longer than the primaries and beautifully 

 ocellated ; tail with the centre feathers much elongated ; breast and upper abdo- 

 men ferruginous, finely vermiculated with ziz-zag lines. The female is duller in 

 colour and wants_ the elongated tertials and tail feathers, otherwise as in the 

 male. 



Legs and feet from pale to bright red. 



Length of the Male. — 68 to 70 inches ; tail about 50; wing to end of pri- 

 maries 18 ; tarsus 47 ; bill from gape up to 2. Length of Female, — About 30 

 inches ; tail 12 ; wing 17 ; tarsus 3*6 ; bill from gape up to 17. 



