Argumental

Belonging to, or consisting in argu ment. or reasoning; a using of arguments. the 13 prov. of Greece. Area , 1,442 sq. m., pop . abt. Argumenta'tion, n. Act, art, or proce of arguing 144,850 (1897). Cap. Nauplia. five feet six or eight inches from the beak to the tip of the tail; and the whole of the plumage is remarkable for variety and elegance. The wings consist of very large feathers, nearly three feet long, the outer webs being adorned with a row of large eyes ( ocelli ) arranged parallel to the shaft; the tail is composed of twelve feathers, the two middle being about four feet in length, the next scarcely two, and gradually shortening to the outer ones. Its voice is rather plaintive, and not harsh, as in the peacock. Fig. 186.-ARGUS-PHEASANT, (A. giganteus.)