AEGDSIANUS. — PAVO. 61 



Genus ARGUSIANUS, Bafin. 



Argusianus argus {Linn.). 



Gallus giganteus, Baedeker, Eier Eur. Vog. tab. 65. fip-. 7 (1855-63). 

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



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

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



Game Birds Ind. i, p. 286 (1898) ; Sharpe, Handel, i. p. 40 (1899). 



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

 fairly 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, Sharpe, Ibis, 1879, p. 267 ; Grant, Cat. Birds B. M. 

 xxii. p. 865 (1893); Sharpe, Sand-l. i. p. 40 (1899). 



The eggs of Gray's Argus Pheasant in the Collection are of a very 

 regular oval form. Two are glossless and cream-coloured, very 

 minutely stippled all over with pale rufous. A third specimen has 

 a considerable amount of gloss and is of a pale creamy-yellow colour, 

 with numerous small yellow smears on the shell, which are probably 

 caused by incubation. Three examples measure respectively : 2-65 

 by 1-82; 2-6 by 1-8 ; 2-43 by 1-68. 



2. Mengalong River, Borneo. Sir Hugh Low [C.]. 



1. Baram, Sarawak, 12th Aug. 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 ^ Marsh. Game Birds Ind. i. p. 81 (1879) ; Legge, Birds Ceyl. 

 p. 731 (1880) ; Oates ed. Hwne, Nests ^ Eggs Ind. B. iii. p. 4'05 

 (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. Ti. fig. 6) is referable to this species. The egg figured measures only 

 2'05 by 1-65. 



