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! 
Naseer 
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, Lyx. The genus Pavo has the bill naked at the base, convex above 
thickened, bent down towards the tip; nostrils open; cheeks paren denuded ; tat 
coverts very long; tail of eighteen feathers, dloieated, broad, capable of being expanded 
like a fan, and ocellated; tarsus longer than the middle toe, with a conical spur; head 
crested 
