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NATURAL HISTORY. 



Order V GALLING 



Family III. . Piiasianidse. (Gr. <\>aoiavo, a Pheasant, i. r. a bird from 



the river Phasis in Colchis. Pheasant-kind) 

 Sub-family a. Pavonincc. 



PAVO (Lut. a Peacock}. 



f I , Ai**V - i ?-,' \\\ 







fllll m 



Cristatus (Lat. crested), the Peacock. 



train, the female being a comparatively ordinary bird. A 

 white variety of the Peacock is not uncommon. In this cas=e, 

 the eyes of the train feathers are slightly marked with a kind 

 of neutral tint. 



