PHEASANT. 205 



19.-SANGUINE PHEASANT. 



Phasianus emeritus, Lin. Trans, xm. p. 237. 



SIZE of a small Fowl ; the length seventeen inches. Bill eight- 

 tenths of an inch, convex, very strong, and black; the base red, 

 including the nostrils; temples naked; the skin red, but feathered 

 between the bill and eye ; from the base of the upper mandible, a 

 small crest, of short, various-coloured feathers, inclining backwards ; 

 plumage above dark ash, with white shafts; wing coverts variously 

 tinged with green, having broad strokes of white through the length 

 of each feather ; the primaries and secondaries brownish black, with 

 white shafts ; the feathers of the chin deep crimson ; neck much 

 mixed with white; on the breast, belly, and sides the feathers are 

 lance-shaped, of various lengths; tips green, with crimson margins, 

 collectively resembling dashes of blood, scattered on the breast and 

 belly; vent rufous : the tail consists of twelve subequal feathers, about 

 six inches in length ; shafts white, rounded, the ends whitish ; the 

 coverts, both above and below, a rich crimson red ; legs deep red, 

 armed with three unequal spurs, but varying in number in different 

 subjects ; toes long ; claws strong, long, and black. 



The hen is similar to the cock in plumage, and all other marks, 

 but smaller, and without spurs. 



This fine species of Pheasant is a native of the Nepaul Hills. — 

 Described from well preserved subjects in the possession of General 

 Hardwicke, from whom the above account is taken. 



20.— ARGUS PHEASANT. 



Phasianus Argus, Ind. Orn. ii. 629. Lin. \. 272. Gm. Lin. i. 742. Boroicsk. ii. 176. 



Mus. Lev. t. 10. Lin. Trans, xiii. p. 320. 

 Argus, or Luen, Phil. Trans. \v. p. 88. pi. 3. Loud. Mag. 1766. pi. p. 473. Gent. 



Mag. 1768. pi. p. 621. Tab. Enc. Orn. pi. 87. f. 3. Buf. iii. 361. Id. Sonnin. 



vi. 217. & Add. p. 218. 



