PHOTOGRAVURE 74 



DANCING ARENA, AND ARGUS FEATHERS IN HEAD-DRESS OF DYAK DANCER 



When the display arena is completed it is roughly circular, and about three yards in diameter. The 

 male takes up its position in the centre and calls until a hen Argus responds and approaches. He then 

 ceases calling, and the courtship display begins. 



The native Dyaks trap the Argus Pheasant in large numbers, both for food and to use the feathers for 

 decoration. The large wing-plumes are sewed into feather mantles, head-dresses and war totems. The 

 Dyak name for the Argus is ruai. 



