[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Reference works](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference) › [Hobson-Jobson: A Glossary of Colloquial Anglo-Indian Words and Phrases, and of Kindred Terms, Etymological, Historical, Geographical and Discursive](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.yule-burnell-1886) › c10.523 # Hobson-Jobson: A Glossary of Colloquial Anglo-Indian Words and Phrases, and of Kindred Terms, Etymological, Historical, Geographical and Discursive c10.523 Hobson-Jobson: A Glossary of Colloquial Anglo-Indian Words and Phrases, and of Kindred Terms, Etymological, Historical, Geographical and Discursive c10.523 - **Language:** English ### [c10.523](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.yule-burnell-1886.c10.523) \*\*ARGUS PHEASANT\*\*, s. This name, which seems more properly to belong to the splendid bird of the Malay Peninsula (\*Argusanus giganteus\*, Tem., \*Pavo argus\*, Lin.), is confusingly applied in Upper India to the Himālayan horned pheasant \*Ceriornis\* (Spp. \*satyra\*, and \*melanocephala\*) from the round white eyes or spots which mark a great part of the bird's plumage.—See remark under \*\*MOONAUL\*\*. - [Previous: c10.522](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.yule-burnell-1886.c10.522) - [Next: c10.524](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.yule-burnell-1886.c10.524) - [Up: c10](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.yule-burnell-1886.c10) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.yule-burnell-1886.c10.523](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.yule-burnell-1886.c10.523) · Pramāṇa