364 DESCRIPTION OF THE MUSEUM. 



It is caught in the Philippine islands in the 

 same manner as partridges are caught in France. 

 4th. The columbi-gallina of the Moluccas, whose 

 green plumage has a metallic lustre, and which 

 is ornamented with a long ruffle round the neck. 

 The genus columba forms the transition from the 

 passeres to the gallinaceae. There are eighty- 

 four species in the Museum. 



Although the peacocks are generally known, 

 a few moments' attention should be given to the 

 twenty-eighth case, which contains varieties pre- 

 pared so as to display the magnificence of their 

 plumage. This superb bird, which is now do- 

 mesticated, is originally from India, and the indi- 

 vidual to the left was killed in a wild state in 

 the mountains of Bengal. To the right is an- 

 other species from Java, which differs from the 

 preceding in the feathers of its crest, and its neck 

 is green, spotted with blue ; it was sent to the 

 Museum by M. Diard. 



The thirtieth case, which projects and forms an 

 angle, is the last on that side of the room, and 

 contains the turkeys. The common turkey has 

 been spread over Europe since the discovery of 

 America. By comparing the individuals in our 

 farms with those killed wild in the forests of 

 Virginia, and which were sent us by M. Milbert, 

 we find that domestication has deprived these 



