302 PAVONINE. 
by a white one; rest of under 
parts yellowish white, barred 
narrowly with black ; wing-coverts 
with two black bands, margined 
on the upper side only with white P. fasciatus. 
b' Throat pale buff; upper part of breast 
buff, crossed with numerous narrow 
_ black bars ; middle of breast uniform 
buff, crossed in centre by a narrow 
black bar, and another of the same 
hue on its lower edge ; rest of under 
parts yellowish-white, barred nar- 
rowly with black i, ..  P.lichtensternr. 
Faminy, Phasianide. 
Bill moderate, strong, vaulted; the tip of the upper mandible 
produced over that of the lower ; sides more or less compressed ; 
nostrils apert; wings moderate or short, rounded ; tail (typically) 
lengthened and broad, of from twelve to eighteen feathers ; tarsus 
moderate or long, usually spurred in the males; toes long, an- 
terior ones united by a short membrane at the base; the hind-toe 
raised, short, sometimes resting on the ground by its point. 
SuB-FAMILY, Pavonine. 
Plumage more or less ocellated. 
GENus, Pavo, Lin. 
Bill lengthened, slender; the nareal portion large; nostrils 
linear; head ornamented with an erect crest of feathers of a 
peculiar structure ; orbitar region naked; tail moderate, long, 
of eighteen feathers; feathers of the back and upper tail- 
coverts of great length, surpassing the tail and beautifully ocellated ; 
tarsi rather long, spurred in the male. 
Pavo cristatus, Lin. 
803.—Jerdon’s Birds of India, Vol. II, p. 506; Butler, Guzerat ; 
Stray Feathers, Vol. IV, p. 5; Deccan, Stray Feathers, Vol. IX, 
p. 421; Murray’s Vertebrate Zoology of Sind, p. 212; Game 
Birds of India, Vol. I, p. 81; Swinhoe and Barnes, Central 
India ; Ibis, 1885, p. 131. . 
THE COMMON PEACOCK. 
Length, to the end of the true tail, 40 to 48 ; the long train 
sometimes measures 50 inches or even more; wings, 18; tail, 24. 
Bill horny-brown; naked orbits whitish; irides dark-brown ; 
legs horny-brown. 
Male, head, neck, and breast rich purple with gold and green 
reflections; back green, the feathers scale-like, with coppery 
edges ; the wings with the inner coverts, including the shoulder, 
