THE PHEASANTS 



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the longest, or exactly the reverse of what obtains in the quail and snow partridge. 

 The common argus (Argusianus giganteus) is met with in the forests of Siam, 



ARGUS PHEASANT DISPLAYING. 



Tenasserim, the Malay Peninsula, and Sumatra, while in Borneo the smaller, 

 Gray's argus (A. grayi~), takes its place. The male of the true argus has the 



