argus pheasant
Britishnoun
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Darwin was acutely aware of this and admired the modelling of the ocelli on the argus pheasant tail feathers as "more like a work of art than of nature".
From The Guardian ● Feb. 10, 2012
Much more unusual was the call of some lonely argus pheasant or a crow.
From Through Central Borneo; an Account of Two Years' Travel in the Land of Head-Hunters Between the Years 1913 and 1917 by Lumholtz, Carl
As we anchored for the night I heard for the first time, from the hills that rose near by, the loud defiant cry of the argus pheasant.
From Through Central Borneo; an Account of Two Years' Travel in the Land of Head-Hunters Between the Years 1913 and 1917 by Lumholtz, Carl
Suddenly in the breathless, soundless, hot night an argus pheasant screamed in the woods across the stream.
From Within the Tides by Conrad, Joseph
The extreme silence was interrupted only once, by the defiant cry of an argus pheasant.
From Through Central Borneo; an Account of Two Years' Travel in the Land of Head-Hunters Between the Years 1913 and 1917 by Lumholtz, Carl
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