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CRESTED PEACOCK. 

 (Pavo eristatus ) 



PA. capilc crisld compressd, corpore supra viridi-aureo,' eenco- 

 nitente ; tectricibus alarum viridi-aureo cesruleo aeneoquc cfful- 

 gentilttts ; subtus nigricante viridi-aureo-vario : capite Jasciis 

 duabus nlbis utrinque ; tectricibus caudce superioribus longissi- 

 mis, arcubus versicoloribus et auratis conspicuis. Mas. 



Peacock with a compressed crest on the head ; the body above 

 of a golden-green, glossed with brassy; the wing-coverts 

 green-gold, with blue and brassy reflections ; the under parts 

 of the body dusky, varied with green-gold j the head with 

 two white stripes on each side; the upper tail-coverts very 

 long, adorned with various coloured auriferous arches. 



Pavo cristutus, primus. Temm. Gall. Ind. p. 650. 



Paon Sauvage. Temm. Hist. Nat. Gall. v. 2. p. 26. 



Var. $. domesticus, tectricibus alarum transvcrsim striatus. 



Wing-coverts trthsversely striated. 



Pavo eristatus, domesticus. Temm. Gall. Ind. p. 650. 



Pavo eristatus. Linn. Syst. Nat. \.p. 267. Linn. Faun. Suec. 

 \Q7--Gmel. Syst. Nat. p. 729. 1 Witt. Orn. p. 112. pi. 27. 

 Lath. Ind. Orn. '2. p. 6l6. 1. 



Le Paon. Buff. Ois. '1. 288. pi \Q. Bnff. PL Enl. 433 and 434. 

 Briss. Orn. 1. 281. ?. pi. 27. 



Le Paon domestique. Temm. Gall. (8vo.) 2. p. 35 and 434. 



Crested or common Peacock. Lath. Gen. Syn. 4. p. 668. 1. 

 Beiv. Brit. Birds. 1. p. 2SQ. Bing. Anim. Biog. 2. p. 234. 



Var. y.genis, gutture, supremo ventre, tectricibusque alarum albis, 



With the cheeks, throat, upper parts of the belly, and the wing- 

 coverts, white. 



Pavo eristatus varius. Briss. Orn. l.p. 288. Lath. Ind. Orn. 

 2. p. 6 1 6. Gmel. Syst. Nat. 1. 729. Temm. Gall. Ind. p. 652. 



Lc Paon Pannach6. Buff. Ois. 2. WJ.Temm. Gall. (8vo.) p+ 

 GW. 



