JAPAN PEACOCK. 

 (Pavo rnuticus.) 



PA. corpore supra virescente-ceeruleo, ceneo ejfulgente; subtus ci- 

 nereo, maculis nigris albo-striatis vario ; pectore caeruleo tiiridi- 

 aureo nitente ; tectricibus caudce sttperioribus ocellatis ; capite 

 cristd erecta, spicatd. 



Peacock with the body above of a green-blue, with a brassy 

 gloss; beneath ash-coloured, varied with black spots and white 

 stripes ; breast rich blue, glossed with green-gold ; upper tail- 

 coverts ocellated j head with an erect spicated crest. 



Pavo muticus. Linn. Syst. Nat. 1. p. 2(58. Grnel. Syst. Nat. 

 1. 731. 3. Lath. Tnd. Orn. 2. 617. 2 Temm. Gall. Ind. p. 

 652. 



Pavo Japonensis. Briss. Orn. 1. 289 . &. 



Le Spicifere. Buff. Ois. 2. p. 366. Temm. Pig. ct Gall. 2. p. 

 56.pl. i./. I. '(head.) 



Japan Peacock. Lath. Gen. Syn. 4. 672. 2. 



THIS is the size of the common Peacock, and 

 is of the same form : its beak is longer and straighter 

 than in that bird, its colour dusky grey : the irides 

 are reddish-chesnut : beneath the eyes is a naked 

 yellowish space ; and another larger space of a 

 deeper yellow occurs on each side of the head, 

 under the coverts of the ear : the head is adorned 

 with a perpendicular crest, composed of about ten 

 straight sloped feathers, of a fine green colour, 

 with blue reflections : the head, the neck, and the 

 breast, are also green, highly glossed with blue : 

 the belly, the abdomen, and the greater feathers 

 of the wings, are brown, with elegant hues of 

 green : the feathers of the lower part of the back, 



