68 PHASIANIDJE. 



k*. Hind claw rudimentary ; tarsi of 



males spurred * CALOPERDIX, p. 130. 



e 4 . Tail more than half length of wing;. 

 /;'. Flanks strongly barred with 



black CACCABIS, p. 131. 



/ 5 .. Flanks without conspicuous bars FRANCOLIXUS, p. 134. 



t 3 . Tarsus half clad with feathers LERWA, p. 145. 



g". Tail of 16 to 18 feathers ; wing about 



6 in. PERDIX, p. 142. 



h". Tail with 20-22 feathers; size large? 



wing 10 to 12 in TETRAOGALLUS, p. 143. 







Genus PAVO, Linn., 1766. 



Peafowl are distinguished by the peculiar erect occipital crest of 

 elongate feathers in both sexes. The tail is long, wedge-shaped, 

 and composed of 20 feathers, but it is far surpassed in length by 

 the train of the male birds, which consists of the modified upper 

 tail-coverts. Wings rounded, 1st quill much shorter than 10th. 

 Tarsus very long, and in males armed with a spur. 



This genus inhabits India and the Indo-Chinese countries with 

 part of the Malay Archipelago, and contains- two species, both found 

 within our limits. 



Key to tlie Species. 



a ; Crest-feathers fully webbed at the end only .... P. cristatus, p. (58. 

 b. Crest-feathers lanceolate, webbed throughout . . P. muticus, p. 70. 



1324. Pavo cristatus. The Common Peafowl. 



Pavo cristatus, Linn. Syst. Nat. i,p. 267 (1766) ; Blyth, ftrf.p.239; 

 Jerdon, B. I. iii, p. 506 ; Blyth, Ibis, 1867, p. 151 ; Stoliczka, 

 J. A. S. B. xxxvii, pt. 2, p. 67; xli, pt. 2, p. 249; Blanf. 

 J. A. S. B. xxxviii, pt. 2, p. 189 ; Godw.-Aust. J. A. S. B. xxxi'x, 

 pt. 2, p. 272 ; Butler, S. F. iv, p. 5 ; vii, p. 177 ; ix,p. 421 ; Ball, 

 S. F. vii, p. 225; Hume fy Marsh. Game B. \, p. 81 ; Hume, Cat. 

 no. 803 ; Scully, S. F. viii, p. 342 ; Legge, Birds Ceyl. p. 731 ; 

 Vidal, S. F. ix, p. 75 ; Barnes, Birds Bom. p. 302 ; Hume, 8. F. 

 xi, p. 300; Gates in Hume's N. Sf E. 2nd ed. iii, p. 405; -Ogilvie 

 Grant, Cat. B. M. xxii, p. 368. 

 Mor, Martjur, H. &c>; Tans, P.; Landuri , Mahr. ; Manja J, 



Manir $ , Uriya ; Mabja, Bhot. ; Mong-yung, Lepcha : Moir, Assam ; 



Dodc, Garo ; Myl, Tamul ; Nimili t Tel. ; Nowl, Can. ; Monara, Cing. 



Coloration. Male. Crown of head covered with short curly 

 feathers, metallic blue changing to green ; feathers on lores, super- 

 cilia, chin, and throat similar but less curly and dull green ; crest 

 of long almost naked shafts terminated by fan-shaped tips that are 

 black at the base, bluish green at the ends ; neck all round rich 

 blue ; back covered with scale-like bronze-green feathers with black 

 borders, coppery inner areas, and green shaft-stripes, these pass on 

 the rump into the bronze-green of the train, changing in the middle 

 in certain lights into coppery bronze, each feather, except the outer- 

 most at each side arid the longest plumes, ending iii an " eye " 

 or ocellus, consisting of a purplish-black heart-shaped nucleus 



