THE PEA FOWL. 



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THE PEACOCK. 



SYNONYMES. Pavo cristatus, of Naturalists ; Mohr, of the MahrattM ; 

 Paon, of the French ; Pavnn, Pavo real, of the Spaniards ; Pfau, 

 Pfauhahn, of the Germans ; Peacock, of the English and Anglo- Ameri- 



The pea fowl is too weJ known to require a detailed 

 description. There are two varieties of this species, 

 the "pied" and the "white." The first has irregular 

 patches of white about it, like the pied Gruinea fowl, 

 the remainder of the plumage resembling the original 

 sort. The white have the ocellated spots on the tail 

 faintly visible. These last are tender, and are much 

 prized by those who prefer rarity to real beauty. They 

 are occasionally produced by birds of the common kind, 

 'in cases where no intercourse with other white birds 

 can have taken place. In one instance, in the same 



