AVES—PEACOCK. 587 

ORDER X.—GALLINE. 
Brrps of this order have the bill short, convex, in some genera covered by 
a cere; upper mandible bending from its base, or only at the point; nostrils 
lateral, covered by a membrane, naked or feathered ; tarsus long, three toes 
before, united at their base by a membrane; hind toe articulated on the 
tarsus above the junction of the anterior toes. 
THE PEACOCK! 

Came originally from the East Indies; and we are assured that tney are 
still found in vast flocks, in a wild state, in the islands of Java and Ceylon, 

1 Pavo cristatus, L1y. The genus Pavo has the bill naked at the base, convex above 
thickened, bent down towards the tip; nostrils open; cheeks partially denuded; tai 
coverts very long; tail of eighteen feathers, elongated, broad, capable of ene expanded 
like a ofan, and ocellated; tarsus longer than the middle toe, with a conical spur; head 
crested. 
