368 PHASIANID^. 



42. PAVO. 



Type. 



Pavo, Linn. S. N. i. p. 267 (1766) P. cristatus. 



Pavianus, Bafinesque, Analyse, p. 219 (1815) "P. cristatus. 



Spiciferus, Bonap. C. B. xlii. p. 878 (1856) P. muticus. 



Tail long and wedge-shaped, composed of 20 feathers ; upper tail- 

 coverts far exceed the tail in length. 



1st primary much shorter than the 10th ; 5th somewhat the 

 longest. 



Tarsus much longer than the middle toe and claw, armed in the 

 male with a short stout spur. 



An elevated crest of feathers. 



JRcim/e. India and the Indo-Chinese countries, Malay Peninsula, 

 ? Sumatra, and Java. 



Key to the Species. 



A. Crest composed of erect naked shafts with 



plume-like extremities. 



a. Upper tail-coverts enormously elongate cristatus Si P- 368. 



b. Upper tail-coverts not enormously elongate . . cristatus 5 , p. 368. 



B. Crest composed of normally developed feathers 



equally webbed on each side of the shaft. 



c. Upper tail-coverts enormously elongate muticus S , p. 371. 



d. Upper tail-coverts not enormously elongate . . muticus 5 , p- 371. 



1. Pavo cristatus. 



Pavo cristatus, Linn. S. K i. p. 267 (1766) ; Gm. S. N. i. pt. ii. 

 p. 729 (1788) ; Lath. Lid. Orn. ii. p. 616 (1790) ; Bonnat. Tabl. 

 FmcijcI. Meth. i. p. 176 (1791) ; Hayes, Osterl. Menag. p. 99, pi. 99 

 (1794); Pall. Zoogr. Bosso-Asiat. ii'. p. 93 (1811); Temm. Pig. et 

 Gall. ii. p. 26 (18i3), iii. p. 650 (1815) ; Cuv. Beq. Anim. i. p. 438 

 (1817) ; Vieill. N. Diet. d'Hist. Nat. xxiv. p. 473 (1818) ; Cnv. 

 Beg. Anim. i. p. 473 (1829) ; Griff, ed. Cuv. iii. p. 12 (1829) ; 

 Guerin-Meneville, Icon. Beg. Anim.., Ois. p. 25, pi. 40. fig. 1 

 (1829-38); Vig.inBaffi. Mem. p. 676 (18.30) [Sumatra!]; Less. 

 Traits d' Orn. ^. 486, pi. 82. fig. 1 (1831); Sykes, P. Z. S. 1832, 

 p. 151 [Deccan] ; Gray, List of B. pt. iii. Gall. p. 22 (1844) ; 

 Bhjth, Cat. Mus. As. Soc. p. 239 (1849) ; Layard, Ann. Mag. N. H. 

 (2) xiv. p. 62 (1854) [Ceylon] ; Burgess, P. Z. S. 1855, p. 29 ; 

 Adams, P. Z. S. 1858, p. 498 [Puniab] ; L-hy, Ibis, 1861, p. 234 

 [Oudh and Kumaon] ; Jerd. B. Lid. i'ii. p. 506 '(18( 3) ; Sclat. List of 

 Phccs. p. 11 (1863) : Fitz. Atl. Aaf., I'o,/. fig. 224 (1864) ; Blyth, 

 B)is, 1867, p. 151 ; Gray, List Galliyuc Brit. M%is. p. 22 (1867); 

 Beavan, Ibis, 1868, p. 379 ; Melliss, Ibis, 1870, p. 103 [St. Helena] ; 

 Gray, Hand-l. B. ii. p. 256 (1870); Ehves, Ibis, 1870, p. 528 

 [Cardamum Hills] ; Holdstv. P. Z. S. 1872, p. 467 [Ceylon] ; B/liot, 

 Mon. Phas. i. pi. 3 (1872) ; Hume, N.S(E. Ltd. B. p. 516 (1873); 

 Adam, Str. Fr. i. p. 392 (1873) [Sambhur] ; Lloyd, Ibis, 1873, 

 p. 415 [Kattiawar]; Hume, Str. F. ii. p. 276 (1874) [Ptoss I., 

 Andamans] ; Ball, Str. F. ii. p. 426 (1874) [Chota Nagpur] ; Leqge, 

 Ibis, 1875, p. 400 [S. Ceylon] ; Butl. Str. F. iv. p. 5 (1876) [N. Gu- 

 zerat]; Fairb. Str. F. iv. p. 262 (1876) [Khandala], v. p. 409 

 (1877) [Palani Hills] ; Marsh. B. Nest. Ind. p. 59 (1877) ; Hume, 

 Str. F. vii. p. 67 [Rajpootana], p. 177 (1878) [Sindh] ; Bavids. Sc 

 Wend. Str. F. vii. p. 86 (1878) [Deccan] ; Ball, Str. F. vii. p. 225 



