DISPLAY BY THE MALE. 
91 
Cit. 
^ XIII. 
Pans e . 
Her S8 r r T“ l,UB oull( l uei r ueiu 1(111 “ 1C "“,""7 
8 ,^ -‘-tie male Tragopan pheasant acts m nearly the 
w - To whichever side she may turn, the expanded 
h e ,! gS r auc * the obliquely-held tail are turned towards 
u - banner, for he raises the feathers of the body, 
° u gh - - - -- • 
t° the 
'° u gh not the wing itself, on the side which is opposite 
finale, and which would otherwise be concealed, 
e Xhib7 “ eai V a11 the beautifully-spotted feathers are 
So 
till 
iat 
Tl £d the same time. 
'tv!!. case of the Argus pheasant, is #uu mwo duu,...^. 
arc ^'^cnsely developed secondary wing-feathers, which 
seiy cieveiupea secouuaiy 
hon C ° nfined t» the male, are ornamented with a row of 
aitwi ‘ ... 
4i 
er dy to twenty-three ocelli, each above an inch in 
oh); r ‘ t he feathers are also elegantly marked with 
8 ta‘ J Ue daidf stripes and rows of spots, like those on the 
ttl fyf' _ t t rm n * 
so ° a tiger and leopard combined. The ocelli are 
taa t fo?^ ul] y shaded that, as the Duke of Argyll re- 
So y f° they stand out like a ball lying loosely within 
rit\L ® u t when I looked at the specimen in the 
a 
-But when I looked at tlie specim 
fcJ Museum, which is mounted with the 
])°i nt fcC an( l trailing downwards, I was greatly disap- 
lt r p ’ for the ocelli appeared flat or even concave. 
fo t ],g°, d ’ however, soon made the case clear to me, 
p] avi had made a drawing of a male whilst he was dis- 
katj V' himself. 
both 6 „ -I— - 
gate,] U11, f these, together with the enormously clon- 
V. at 'feathers, make a grand semicircular upright 
Poait io ° W as soon !iS the wing-feathers are held in this 
% h au d the light shines on them from above, the 
°U Ce r act °f the shading comes out, and each ocellus at 
the 8r , 'jVmbles the ornament called a ball and socket. 
hav e eat hers have been shewn to several artists, aud all 
x P r essed their admiration at the perfect shading. 
Cj 
Hjl u y-wseix. At such times the long secondary 
fcls hi both wings are vertically erected and ex- 
85 ‘The Reign of Law,’ 1867, p. 203. 
