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white, and the bare face blue. There are many allied pheasants, but we pass on to 

 the splendid Argus-pheasants, which almost rival the lordly peacock in size, and are 

 distinguished by their very long middle tail-feathers, and by the gradual increase 

 in the length of the flight-feathers which causes the secondaries to largely exceed 



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the primary quills in this respect. The true Argus (Argusianus argus) is a native 

 of the south of Tenasserim, Siam, the Malay Peninsula, and Sumatra, and takes 

 its name from the delicately shaded eye-like spots on the wings. It is restricted 

 to evergreen forests, and feeds on fruits and insects. Both sexes possess a loud 

 call, which they repeat ten or twelve times, that of the hens being quite distinct 

 from that of the cocks. These pheasants always live alone, the cock, which 



