80 OUR DOMESTIC FOWLS. 



posed, are regularly barbed from the base 

 upwards in the adult bird, and of equal breadth 

 throughout. Head and crest interchangeably 

 blue and green, a naked space on the cheeks, in- 

 cluding the eyes and ears, is coloured of a light 

 yellow behind, and of a bluish-green towards its 

 fore part. The feathers of the neck and breast, 

 which are broad, short, rounded, and imbricated' 

 like the scales of a fish, (very different to those 

 in the other species,) are at the base of the 

 same brilliant hue as the head, and have a 

 broad, lighter, and somewhat metallic margin. 

 Those of the back have still more of the metallic 

 lustre. The wdng-coverts are of the general 

 hue, with a deeper tinge of blue ; the primary 

 quill feathers are light chestnut. The tail 

 feathers and their coverts, namely the train, 

 are of a splendid metalUc brown, changing 

 into green. The latter are terminated by 

 ocellated spots similar to those of the common 

 peacock. Iris deep hazel ; in the common 

 species it is of an intense red. The female has a 

 plain dress, closely resembling that of the com- 

 mon pea-hen ; but the crest is different. (See 

 Gardens and Menagerie of Zoological Society.) 

 Whether this species is gregarious like the 

 common pea-fowl, or more solitary in its habits, 



