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as the sexes are nearly alike in colouring, the main 

 diflferenee being that the female has not the train. 



The Common Peafowl is an Indian bird, the 

 Burmese Peafowl being found not only in Burmah, 

 but in Siam, Cochin China, the Malay Peninsula, and 

 and Java. 



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BURMESE COMMON 



HEADS OF PEAFOWL 



At present I believe the only species of Partridge 

 the Society have to exhibit is the Greek Partridge 

 (^Cacabis saxatilis). Despite its name, this species is 

 not by any means confined to Greece, but ranges west- 

 ward through the Balkans, Carpathians, Appenines, 

 Sicily, to the Pyrenees. It is a typical Red-legged 

 Partridge, very similar to the species introduced into 

 Britain under the name of " French Partridge," but is 

 lighter and less richly coloured. 



The last game bird that has been added to the 

 collection is the " Mexican Quail " {Callipepla squa- 

 mata) one of the Scaly Partridges, but though I 

 hunted for these birds in the aviary in which they 

 were said to have been placed, I failed to find them. 



Since the above was written a male of the beauti- 

 ful Prince of Wales's Pheasant {Phasianus principalis) 

 has been added to the collection. 



