Pea-Fowl. 279 



The female has the crest, the head and 

 the upper neck more or less chestnut ; the 

 lower neck, the upper part of the mantle 

 and the breast greenish, the feathers edged 

 with brown. The upper plumage and the 

 greater part of the visible portions of the 

 closed wings are brown, the tail-coverts 

 and the outer part of the wing being 

 barred with buff. The tail is blackish 

 mottled with buff. The chin, the throat 

 and portions of the sides of the head and 

 neck are white. The lower plumage is 

 rufous buff. 



The length of a fine male to the end of 

 the tail is about 45, and to the end of the 

 train about 90 ; wing about 18 ; tail about 

 20. The female measures nearly 40 in 

 length, the wing about 16, the tail about 

 14. Legs, irides and bill more or less 

 brown ; naked skin of the face whitish. 

 Weight up to a little more than n Ib. 



