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THE DESCENT OF MAN 



perfecjt skins sent from the East, found a place between 

 two of the feathers which was much frayed, as if the head 



fe^^-^^is^-- 



Fza. 63.— Side view of male Argus pheasant, while displaying before the female. Ob- 

 served and sketched from nature by Mr. T. W. W«od 



had here frequently been pushed through. Mr. Wood 

 thinks that the male can also peep at the female on oae 

 side, beyond the margin of the fan. 



