THE CRESTED ARGUS PHEASANTS. hs 
The general colour of this feather is similar to that of a 
primary quill of A. argus and A. gravi, 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. 
Rheinardtius, Oustal. Bull. Soc. Philom. (7) vi. p. 254 (1882). 
Type, &. ocellatus (Bp.). 
Tail composed of twelve feathers, the middle pair being 
enormously elongave (in the male), the second pair considerably 
shorter, and the outermost pair about one-fifth of the length of 
the middle pair. 
First primary fiight-feather much shorter than the second; 
fourth about equal to the tenth ; 7/72 and sixth sub-equal and 
longest. 
Secondary flight-feathers o¢ longer than the primaries. 
Sides of the head naked; crown feathered, an erect crest of 
hairy feathers covering the nape. 
_ Tarsus rather shorier than the middle toe and claw. 
I. RHEINARDT’S ARGUS PHEASANT. RHEINARDTIUS 
OCELLATUS. 
Ei7gus ocellatus, Verr.; Ecnap. C. R. xlii. p. 878 (1856)*; 
Elliot, Monogr. Phasian. i. pl. 13 (1872) [tail feathers 
only]. 
Rheinardtius oceliaius, Oustal. Ann. Sci. Nat. (6) xiii. Art. 12 
(1832) ; id. N. Arch. Mus. (2) viii. p. 256, pl. ii. (1885), 
* Described from a few tail-feathers in the Paris Museum. 
