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THE THIBETIAN POLYPLECTRON. 



Polyplectron Tibetanus GMELIN. 

 PLATE VI. 



Pavo Tibetanus, Linn. Gmel. ii. 731. Peacock Pheasant, 

 Edwards Eperonnier chinquis, Polyplectron chinquis, 

 Temminck, Planches Coloriees, 539. Male. 



THIS is another very beautiful species of Poly- 

 plectron, inhabiting, it is believed, the mountainous 

 chain which separates Hindostan from Thibet, whence 

 they are procured, and reared in the menageries of 

 the wealthy Chinese. It is easily domesticated, aiid 

 might be made to breed in confinement ; the bin 1 ' 

 from which Temminck took his drawing and descrip- 

 tion having lived for five or six years in an aviary at 

 the Hague. 



The entire length of the Thibetian Polyplectron is 

 22 inches, the form rather light and elegant. It is 

 without a crest ; but the small feathers of the crown 

 are turned forward, and appear in an irregular or 

 disarranged state ; they are of a greyish-brown. The 

 throat is whitish. The feathers of the neck, the 

 breast, and belly, are of a dull brown, crossed with 

 transverse undulated bands of blackish-brown. The 

 back, rump, and coverts of the tail, are of a clear 

 brown, spotted, and transversely undulated with 



