THE GAME BIRDS OF INDIA. 11 



d. Wing Tinder 8" except Tragopmi, 

 Ithagenes and Tetraocjallus ; tail 

 much shorter than wing except 

 Tragoixm in which they are equal. Perdicince. 

 Of the two exceptions to this key in the Phasianince, Lofli^rus 

 and Loioliura are both big birds with cresfs and with a wing of over 

 11", a combination obtaining in none of the Perdicince. In the 

 Perdicvuce both Ithagenes and Tetraogallus have the wing very much 

 longer than the tail, and the birds of the genus Tragopan in which 

 wing and tail are about equal, can always be discriminated from all 

 others by their peculiar fleshy horns and wattles. 



Sub-family — Pavonine. 



In this sub-family the two species of which it consists commence 

 the moult of their tails with the fifth pair of feathers. 



The birds themselves are so well known that no details are required 

 to enable the Sportsman and Field Naturalist to identify them at a 

 glance. 



Key to Species. 



Crest feathers ending with spatulate, half 



moon shaped drops ... ... ... cristatus. 



Crest feathers pointed at the tips .. . ... muticus. 



Pavo Cristatus. 



The Common Pea-Fovjl. 



Pavo cristatus. — Linn. Syst. Nat., i., p. 267 (1766); Lath. Ind, 

 Orn., ii., p. 616(1790); Sykes, P. Z. S. (1830), p. 151; Blyth. 

 Cat. Mus. As. Soc, Bengal, p. 239 (1849); Jerdon, Birds Ind., 

 iii., p. 506 (1863); Elliot, Monog. Phas., i., pi. III. (1872); 

 Stoliczka, Journ. Asiat. Soc, Beng., xxxvii., pt. 2, p. 67; id., 

 {hid, xli., pt. 2, p. 249; Hume's Nests and Eggs, p. 516 (1873); 

 Blanford, J.A.S.B., xxxviii., pt. 2, p. 189 ; Godwin Austin, ■i&it?, 

 xxxix., pt. 2, p. 272; Adams, Stray Feath., i., p. 392 (1873); 

 Hume, iUd, ii., p. 276 (1874); Ball, ihid, ii., p. 426 (1874); 

 Butler, i6itZ, iv., p. 5 (1876); Fairburn, i&icZ, iv., p. 262 (1876); 

 id., ihid, v., p. 409 (1877); Marshall, B. Nest. India, p. 59 

 (1877); Hume, Stray Feath., vii., p. 67 (1878); Davidson and 

 Wenden, ihid, vii., p. 86; Butler, ihid, vii., p. 177 (1878); Ball, 

 ihid, vii., p. 225 (1878); Hume and Marshall, Game B. India, i., 

 p. 81 plate (1878); Scully, Stray Feath., viii., p. 342 (1879) ; 

 S. Doig, ihid, viii., p. 371 (1879); Wilson, ihid, viii., p. 492 

 (1879); Butler, ihid, viii., p. 493; Butler, Cat. Birds Sind., p. 53 

 (1879; ; Legge's Birds of Ceylon, iii., p. 731 (1880) ; Vidal, Stray 

 Feath., ix., p. 75 (1880); Mclnroy, ihid, ix., p. 202 (1880); 



