302 PAVOtfIN.fi. 



by a white one ; rest of under 



parts yellowish white, barred 



narrowly with black ; wing-coverts 



with two black bands, margined 



on the upper side only with white P. fasciatus. 

 b ' Throat pale buff; upper part of breast 

 buff, crossed with numerous narrow 

 black bars ; middle of breast uniform 

 buff, crossed in centre by a narrow 

 black bar, and another of the same 

 hue on its lower edge ; rest of under 

 parts yellowish- white, barred nar- 

 rowly with black ... ... P. lichtensteini. 



FAMILY, Phasianidse. 



Bill moderate, strong, vaulted; the tip of the upper mandible 

 produced over that of the lower ; sides more or less compressed ; 

 nostrils apert ; wings moderate or short, rounded ; tail (typically) 

 lengthened and broad, of from twelve to eighteen feathers ; tarsus 

 moderate or long, usually spurred in the males ; toes long, an- 

 terior ones united by a short membrane at the base ; the hind-toe 

 raised, short, sometimes resting on the ground by its point. 



SUB-FAMILY, Pavoninae. 

 Plumage more or less ocellated. 



GENUS, Pavo, Lin. 



Bill lengthened, slender ; the nareal portion large ; nostrils 

 linear ; head ornamented with an erect crest of feathers of a 

 peculiar structure ; orbitar region naked ; tail moderate, long, 

 of eighteen feathers ; feathers of the back and upper tail- 

 coverts of great length, surpassing the tail and beautifully ocellated ; 

 tarsi rather long, spurred in the male. 



Pavo cristatus, Lin. 



803. Jerdon's Birds of India, Vol. II, p. 506 ; Butler, Guzerat ; 

 Stray Feathers, Vol. IV, p. 5 ; Deccan, Stray Feathers, Vol. IX, 

 p. 421 ; Murray's Vertebrate Zoology of Sind, p. 212 ; Game 

 Birds of India, Vol. I, p, 81 ; Swinhoe and Barnes, Central 

 India ; Ibis, 1885, p. 131. 



THE COMMON PEACOCK. 



Length, to the end of the true tail, 40 to 48 ; the long train 

 sometimes measures 50 inches or even more ; wings, 18 ; tail, 24. 



Bill horny-brown ; naked orbits whitish ; irides dark-brown ; 

 legs horny-brown. 



Male, head, neck, and breast rich purple with gold and green 

 reflections ; back green, the feathers scale-like, with coppery 

 edges ; the wings with the inner coverts, including the shoulder, 



