Argus

(1) In cla ical mythology, a son of A rest or, said to have had si 100 eyes, of which only two slept at one time, the several pairs doing so in succe ion. When killed by Mercury, his eyes were put into the tail of the peacock, by direction of Juno, to whom this bird was sacred. Argus was deemed a highly appropriate name to give to a vigilant watch dog. (2) In zoology, a genus of birds. °* It cortains the argus, or argus pheasant. The male measures between five and six feet from the tip of the bill to the extremity of the tail, and is an eminently beautiful bird, the quill-feathers of the wings, which often exceed three feet in length, being ornamented all along by a series of ocellated spots, about 80,000 in number.