ARGDSIANUS. PAVO. 



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Genus ARGUSIANUS, Eafin. 



Argusianus argus (Linn.}. 



Gallus gigauteus, Baedeker, Eier Etir. Vog. tab. 65. fig. 7 (1855-63). 

 Argus giganteus, Sclater, P. Z. S. 1879, p. 115, pi. viii. fig. 1 ; Hume # 



Marsh. Game Birds Lid. i. p. 99 (1879). 

 Argusianus argus, Grant, Cat. Birds B. M. xxii. p. 363 (1893) ; Oates, 



Game Birds Ind. i. p. 286 (1898) ; Sharpe, Hand-l. i. p. 40 (1899). 



The two eggs of the Argus Pheasant are blunt ovals, smooth and 

 fairlv glossy. They are pale reddish buff, freckled with pale reddish 

 brown. In one specimen the freckles are coarse and distributed all 

 over the shell ; in the other they are minute and clustered round the 

 two ends. 



The dimensions of two examples are respectively : 2'55 by 1'85 ; 

 2-6 by 1-9 *. 



2. Laid in confinement (Zool. Gar- Zool. Society, 



dens, London, June). 



Argusianus grayi (Elliot). 

 (Plate VI. fig. 4.) 



Argusianus grayi, Sharps, Ibis, 1879, p. 267 ; Grant, Cat. Birds B. M. 

 xxii. p. 365 (1893); Sharpe, Hand-l. i. p. 40 (1899). 



The eggs of Gray's 

 regular oval form. 

 minutely stippled all 

 a considerable amoun 

 with numerous small 

 caused by incubation. 

 by 1-82; 2-6 by 1-8 



Argus Pheasant in the Collection are of a very 



Two are glossless and cream-coloured, very 



over with pale rufous. A third specimen has 



t of gloss and is of a pale creamy-yellow colour, 



yellow smears on the shell, which are probably 



Three examples measure respectively : 2'65 



2-43 by 1-68. 



2. Mengalong River, Borneo. 

 1. Baram, Sarawak, 12th Aug. 



Sir Hugh Low [C.]. 

 Charles Hose, Esq. [P.]. 



Genus PAVO, Linn. 



Pavo cristatus, Linn. 



Pavo cristatus, Thien. Fortpflanz. ges. Vog. p. 13, tab. vi. fig. 1 

 (1845-54) ; Baedeker, Eier Eur. Vog. tab. 77. fig. 3 (1855-63) ; 

 Hume Sf Marsh. Game Birds Ind. i. p. 81 (1879) ; Legge, Birds Ceifl. 

 p. 731 (1880) ; Oates ed. Hume, Nests $ Eggs Ind. B. iii. p. 405 

 (1890) ; Grant, Cat. Birds B. M. xxii. p. 368 (1893) ; Oates, Game 

 Birds Ind. i. p. 274 (1898) ; Sharpe, Hand-l. i. p. 40 (1899). 



The eggs of the Common Pea-Fowl are regular ovals, with a 



* It is doubtful whether the Phasianus giganteus of Thienemann (Fortpflanz. 

 p. 18, tab. vi. fig. 6) is referable to this species. The egg figured measures only 

 2-05 by 1-65. 



