PAVOXIDJE. 



PAVONID^E. 



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with the two long feathers folded together. The rest of its habits 

 are not known, but it is said not to thrive well in confinement. 



It ia a native of Sumatra, and probably other Indian Islands, but 

 principally of Malacca. No proof appears of its having been brought 

 from China and Chinese Tartary, although ornithological writers name 

 those countries as the places of its habitation. The feathers and 

 drawing of the bird described in the ' Phil. Trans.' by G. Edwards 

 were sent from Canton to Dr. FothergilL and are stated to have come 

 from one of the most northern provinces of China. 



Argus Pheasant (Argus figanteut), fall-grown male. 



Lophophorut, Temm. (Monauliu, VieilL). Bill strong, long, very much 

 curved, wide at its base, rather thick, convex above ; the upper mandible 

 longer than the lower and overlapping it, large, and trenchant at its ex- 

 tremity ; nostrils half closed by a membrane covered with small scat- 

 tered plumes. Tarsus furnished with a long and sharp spur ; hind 

 toe elevated and not touching the ground except at its end. Tail- 

 feathers 14, straight and rounded ; fourth and fifth quills longest. 



L. Impeyanta (L. refulgent, Temm. ; Impeyan Pheasant, Phatianus 

 Impcyanut, Lath.). We must refer our readers to the bird itself, or 

 to the excellent figure in Mr. Gould's ' Century of Bird? from the 

 Himalaya Mountains,' for anything like an adequate idea of the beauty 

 of its tints ; for the greater proportion of the plumage is dazzling with 

 changing hues of green, steel-blue, violet, and golden-bronze. The 

 bird looks as if it were principally clothed in a scale-armour of irides- 

 cent metal ; but the plumage is soft and velvety to the touch. The 

 crest on the head consists of naked-shafted feathers, with an oval or 



Head of Impeyan Fheuant (Lopiwp/wriu 



Mw), male. 



battledore tip of the same quality a* the rest of the plumage, and of 

 a metallic green ; the centre of the back ia pure white ; the tail is 

 rounded and bright chestnut. Size of a hen turkey. 



The principal food of this species consists of bulbous roots, for 

 scooping out which its bill is well adapted. Nothing certain seems to 

 be known of the rest of its habits. 



It is a native of the mountain ranges of Nepaul and the Himalayas. 



Impcyan Pheasant (Lophophorui Impcyamu), male and female ; upper figure, 

 ale. (Go-Id.) 



male. (Go-Id.) 



Numida (Lam.). Bill short, strong, vaulted, stout, furnished with 

 a warty membrane at the base ; from the lower mandible hang two 

 carunculated wattles; head naked or feathered; forehead surmounted 

 with a bony casque or feathered crest ; nostrils pierced in the cere, and 

 divided by a cartilage. Tail short ; fourth quill longest. 



Head of Guinea Fowl (Ifunrida 



