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ARGUS. — ARIANA. 
AB6XJS (Phasianidae. — Apyoç Mythol.) — Temminck, Hist. nat. Pig. Gallin. 
1815. III. 678. — Gray, Genera Birds 1845. III. 496. 
Synon.: Argusanus Bonap. 
Bill as long as the head^ much compressed on the sides, with the base straight 
and the tip vaulted and curved; the nostrils lateral, placed in a large nasal groove, 
and the opening partly closed by a membrane. Wings short and rounded, with the 
seventh and eighth quills the longest; the secondaries much longer than the quills, 
especially those of the male. Tail long and compressed, with the two middle feathers 
much lengthened and attenuated. Tarsi longer than the middle toe; slender and 
without spurs^ the front covered with transverse scales. Toes long, the anterior 
ones united at the base by a membrane, the outer toe longer than the inner, and 
the hind toe short and elevated; the claws short, compressed and slightly curved,, 
the head and neck partly naked and covered only with scattered hairs. — 2 Spec c. 
gigantens Temäunck, Pig. Gallin. III. 678. [Malacca. Siam. Sumatra. Borneo. 
Phasianus argus Linne, Syst. Natur. I. 
Argus pavonicus Vieillot, Galerie Oiseaux Tb. 203. 
Argusanus giganteus Bonaparte, Compt. rend. 1856. XLII. 878. 
Kuau. Kuaow. Luen. — Argusfasan. 
Grayi Elliot, Ibis 1865. 1. 424. [Borneo. 
pavonicus Vieillot, Galerie Oiseaux Tb. 203. = Argus giganteus Temm. 
ARGUSANUS giganteus Bonaparte, Compt. rend. 1856. XLII. 878. = Argus 
giganteus Temm. 
ocellatus Bonaparte, Compt. rend. 1856. XLII. 878. — Spec, indescr. 
ÂRGYA (Crateropodinae) Lesson, Traité Ornith. 1831. 402. = Crateropus Swains. 
Synon.: Argia Agassiz. 
Bec médiocre, élevé, triangulaire à la base, très-comprimé à la pointe, à 
mandibule supérieure convexe, arquée, pointue, entamant les plumes du front; na- 
rines percées en fente étroite, en partie recouvertes par une écaille sur les bords 
des plumes du front, celles-ci étroites, minces, rigides, ailes alongées, arrondies; 
queue longue, étagée; tarses médiocres, robustes, à larges et fortes scutelles. 
acaciae Cabanis, Mus. Heine. I. 84. = Crateropus acaciae Rüpp. 
erythroptera DE Lafresnaye, d'Orb. Dictionn. IL 126. = Thamnobia erythroptera. 
frenata Lesson, Traité Ornith. 402. = Chaetops frenatus. 
luctuosa DE Lafresnaye. Hartlaub, Beitr. Ornith. W. Afr. Nr. 140. = Tham- 
nobia luctuosa. 
rubiginosa Cabanis, Mus. Heine. I. 85. = Crateropus rubiginosus Rüpp. 
Rtlppelli Lesson, Traité Ornith. 402. = Crateropus squamiceps Rüpp. 
squamiceps Cabanis, Mus. Heine. 1. 84. = Crateropus squamiceps Rüpp. 
AR6TRTRIA autor. = Argytria Reichb. 
ARIANA (Trochilidae) Mulsant et Verreaux, Mém. hist. nat Cherbourg 1866. 
XII. 180. = Polytmus Briss. 
Rectrices d'un bleu d'acier. Souscaudales rousses, violettes, d'un gris cendré, 
avec le disque bronzé ou d'un cuivreux doré. Gorge, cou et poitrine revêtus de 
plumes squammiformes d'un vert doré. Queue à peine arquée, tronquée ou en- 
taillée postérieurement. Mandibule habituellement noire. 
cyanifrons Mulsant et Verreaux, Mém. Cherbourg 1866. XII. 180. = Polyt- 
mus cyanifrons Gray. 
cyanura Mulsant et Verreaux, Mém. Cherbourg 1866. XII. 180. = Polyt- 
mus cyanurus. 
elegans Mulsant et Verreaux, Mém. Cherbourg 1866. XII. 180. = Polytmus 
elegans, 
erythronota Mulsant et Verreaux, Mém. Cherbourg 1866. XII. 180. =: Po- 
lytmus erythronotus Gray. 
Feliciae Mulsant et Verreaux, Mém. Cherbourg 1866. XII. 180. = Polyt- 
mus Feliciae. 
niveiventris Mulsant et Verreaux, Mém. Cherbourg 1866. XII. 180. ^ Po- 
lytmus niveiventris. 
