8 THE NATURAL HTsTORY 
‘The Argus is a fourth Species, The general 
_ plumage is a clay colour fpotted' with black, the 
_ face is red, on the back part of the head 1 is a 
bluith creft. : 7 
The thin round the eye. is diuthy, and i¢ has 
-. black whitkers the fore part of the head and the: 
throat are red, the wings are grey, fpotted with 
-moons or eyes, “Pte tail is wedge-fhaped, the” 
- fame colour with the wings. The two middle. 
tail feathers ‘are three feet long, fpotted with eyes 
“er moons. The logs. are furnifhed with fpurs,. 
and itis the fize of a Turkey. as 
It inhabits China, and is not uncommon in the 
- woods of Sumatra. It can.feldom be kept alive: 
for more than a month in confinement :. and what — 
is very fingular,. feems moft atveafe inthe dark 5 
for then it will fometimes ufe its call,. and fecins 
quite contented, but when the light is let in,. it. 
_ appears. quite ftupid and melanchol Yi: 
*. 4ee fifth Srcidies is the: Chinefe or 0 | 
Pheafant. It-has a yellow cre@,. the breatt is 
-rich crimfon, the fecondary feathers in-the siete 
-are blue, the tail is wedge-fhaped. 
It is furnithed. with.fpurs, the cheeks under:the 
eyes are naked, ‘The feathers on the back part. 
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