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ARGUS POLYPLECTRON. 

 (Polyplectron chinquis.) 



Po. corpore supra cinereo, nigricantustriato et alho-punctato ma- 

 culato; tectricibus alarum maculis orhiculatis splendide ccRruleis 

 adspersis ; subtus griseOy lineis nigricantibus undulato ; remigi" 

 bus secundariis guttis'ex niterde cm'uleis ; tectricibus caudce 

 guttis duabus nitenti-viridibus. 



Polyplectron with the body above cinereous, striated with dusky 

 and spotted with white ; the wing-coverts sprinkled with 

 splendid orbicular caerulean spots 5 under parts of the body 

 grey, undulated with dusky lines ; the secondary quills with 

 shining blue spots j the tail-coverts with two shining green 

 spots. 



Polyplectron chinquis. Temm, Gall. Ind. 2. p. 675. 



Pavo bicalcaratus. Lath. Ind. Orn. 2. 617. 3. — Linn. Syst, Nat, 



1. 268. 2.^GnieL Syst. Nat. 1. 730. 

 Pavo tibetanus. Linn. Syst. Nat. 1. 26.8. 2. /3. — Gmel. Syst. 



Nat. 1. 731.— Lath. Lid. Orn. 2. Oiy. 4.— Brm. Orn. 1. 294. 



I0.pl. 28. A. f. 2. 

 Pavo sinensis. Briss. Orn. I. 2QI. Q. 

 Le Chinquis. Buf. Ois. 2. 365. 



L'Eperonnier. Buf. Ois. 2. 368.— Buff. PL Enl. 4Q2. male. 

 493. female. 



Le petit Paon de Malacca. Sonner. Voy. Ind. 2- 1/3- pi. 99^ 

 Eperonnier chinquis. Temm. Gall. (Svo.) 2. p. 363, 

 Peacock Pheasant. Edw. Glean, pi. 67. and 68. * 

 Iris Peacock. Lath. Gen. Syn. 4. 673. 3. 

 Thibet Peacock. Lath. Gen. Syn. 4. 675. 4. 



The most remarkable circumstance relating to 

 this bird is that of the tarsi being armed with 

 several spurs, which vary in number from two to 



