THE PEACOCK. 



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They abouud chiefly in close-wooded forests, particularly where there 

 IS an extent of long grass for them to range in. They are very thirsty 

 birds, and will remain only where they can have access to water. 

 Rhur-plautations are their favorite shelter, being close above, so as to 

 keep off the solar rays, and sufliciently open at the bottom to admit a 



The Peacock {Pavo cristatus). 



free passage for the air. If there be trees near such spots, the Peacocks 

 may be seen mounting into them every evening toward dark to roost, 

 and they generally continue in them till the sun rises, when they de- 

 scend to feed, and pass the mid-dav in the heavv coverts. 



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