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 THE PEACOCK, 



CALLED 



THE PEACOCK PHEASANT. 



GENERIC CHARACTER. 



Bill convex, ftrong, and llaort. 



Nostrils large. 



Head fmall, crefted. 



Spurs on the legs. • Pennant. Gen. p. lo. 



SPECIFIC CHARACTER, &c. 



Pale-brown double-fpurred peacock, witli oval amethyfline Ipots. 



Peacock Pheafant. Edzv. />/. 67. 



Iris Peacock, Lath. Syn. 1. p. 673. 



AMONGST the beautiful diverfity of plumage fo ftrikingly difplayed 

 by many of the Indian and American birds, there is perhaps fcarce 

 any that exceeds in real elegance that of the Ipecies here reprefented. If it 

 be faid that the common peacock is more magnificently arrayed, it may be 

 replied, that the eye, however delighted by the firft appearance of that fplen- 

 did bird, is almoft weared and opprefTed by the gaudy radiance and profufion 

 of brilliant hues ; while the more fober luftre of the prefent fpecies may 

 be contemplated with a fteady eye, and appears perhaps more truly captivating 

 than that of the peacock itfelf. 



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