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
The long, full “coo-ee” of the stealthy argus pheasant sounded at intervals in distant parts of the forest.
From Tales of the Malayan Coast From Penang to the Philippines by Wildman, Rounsevelle
And look here, Long; the woods here are the chosen resort of the great argus pheasant.
From Middy and Ensign by Rowlandson, G. D.
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
The argus pheasant," Van Slyck observed, "is rarely shot.
From The Argus Pheasant by Beecham, John Charles
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