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long as the outer pair, and all partially glossed with metallic 
purple, but without metallic ocellt. 
First primary flight-feather much shorter than the second, 
which is skorier than the tenth ; sixth slightly the longest. 
Sides of the face covered with small feathers. 
Male armed with two or more pairs of spurs. Plumage of 
sexes alike. 
Only one species is known. 
I, THE BRONZE-TAILED PEACOCK-PHEASANT. CHALCURUS 
CHALCURUS. 
Polyplectrum chalcurum, Less. Traité d’Orn. p. 487 (1831). 
folyplectron chalurum, Temm. Pl. Col. v. pl. 19 [No. 519] 
(1831) ; Elliot, Monogr. Phasian. i. pl. 10 (1872). 
Chalcurus inocellatus (Less.), Bonap. C. R. xlii. p. 878 (1856). 
Chalcurus chalcurus, Ogilvie-Grant, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. xxii. p. 
361 (1893). 
Adult Male.—General colour drown ; upper-parts barred and 
fringed with dull rufous ; throat- and neck-feathers with white 
shafts ; middle tail-feathers black, irregularly barred with rufous 
and shading into me/allic purplish-blue towards the extremities ; 
outer pairs similar but with the greater part of the outer and 
much of the tnner webs purplish-blue, changing into violet. 
Total length, 18 inches ; wing, 6°6, tail, 9°2 ; tarsus, 2°4. 
Adult Female.—Like the male, but smaller and devoid of 
spurs. Total length, 15°7 inches ; wing, 6°2 ; tail, 7-4; tarsus, 
22. 
Range. —Sumatra. 
Nothing is known of the habits of this rare Pheasant. D.z 
Bittikofer tells us that the native name is “ Karo-Karo.” 
THE ARGUS PHEASANTS, GENUS ARGUSIANUS. 
Argus, Temm. (zec Boh. Mollusca, 1761; mec Scop. Lepi- 
doptera, 1777), Pig. et Gall. ii. p. 410 (1813). 
