A VES— PEACOCK. 



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ORDER X. — GALLING. 



Birds of this order have the bill short, convex, in some genera covered by 

 a cere ; upper mandible bending from its base, or only at the point ; nostrils 

 lateral, covered by a membrane, naked or feathered ; tarsus long, three toes 

 before, united at their base by a membrane ; hind toe articulated on the 

 tarsus above the junction of the anterior toes. 



'iHE PEACOCK! 



Came originally from the East Indies ; and we are assured that tney are 

 still found in vast flocks, in a wild state, in the islands of Java and Ceylon. 



i Pavo cristatus, Lin. The genus Pavo has the bill naked at the base, convex above, 

 thickened, bent down towards the tip; nostrils open; cheeks partially denuded; tail 

 coverts very long; tail of eighteen feathers, elongated, broad, capable of being expanded 

 bke a fan, and ocellated ; tarsus longer than the middle toe, with a conical spur ; head 

 crested. 



