NATURALISTS CABINET. 



Description of the Thibet peacock. 



with an obscure dull oval spot of blue ; the 

 have no spurs. 



Some of this species have been brought to 

 England from China alive, and have beeu for 

 some time in the possession of Dr. James Monro. 

 The male is now in the Leverian Museum in the 

 finest preservation. 



The Thibet peacock is about two feet and 

 nearly two inches long. The bill is above an 

 inch and a half long, and cinereous; the iris yel- 

 low; the head, neck, and under parts are ash- 

 coloured, marked with blackish lines ; the wing 

 coverts, back and rump, are grey, with small 

 white dots, besides which, on the wing covert* 

 and back are large round spots, of a fine blue, 

 changing in different lights to violet and green 

 gold ; the quills and upper-tail coverts are also 

 grey, marked with blackish lines the quills have 

 two round blue spots on each, like those of the 

 coverts; on the outer webs, and on each tail- 

 feather there are four of the same, two on each 

 side of the web ; the middle coverts are the long- 

 est, the others shorter by degrees; the legs are 

 grey, furnished with two spurs behind. Tho 

 claws are blackish. 



