69. THE ARGUS PHEASANT. 



Argusiamis ai'gus^ (Linn^us). 



Tail of twelve feathers ; the inner quills 

 of the wing much longer than the 

 first ten quills. 



MALE : — With large ocelli on wings ; tail 

 about four feet in length. 



FEMALE : — No ocelli on wings ; tail rather 

 more than one foot in length. 



Vernacular Name : — Kyet-wah^ Siamese 

 in Bankasoon. 



This magnificent Pheasant is found within 

 our limits only at the extreme south of 

 Tenasserim, about Maliwun and Banka- 

 soon. It extends down the Malay 

 Peninsula to Sumatra, and is also found 

 in Siam. 



The habits of this bird were exhaustively 

 observed by the late Mr. W. Davison, 

 when he was collecting birds for Mr. 

 Hume in Tenasserim, and I shall quote 

 portions of Mr. Davison's very interesting 

 account. He wrote : — " They live quite 

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