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two other circles, glossed with different tints of gold and cop- 

 per-colour, varying into other shades, according to their posi- 

 tion with respect to the light. The external row of feathers 

 are not adorned with the eye-like spot, but are of an uniform 

 dusky colour. The belly and flanks are blackish, with some 

 tints of golden-green- The lower tail-coverts, and the tail 

 itself, composed of eighteen quills, slightly graduated, are of 

 a greyish-brown. The feathers of the legs are clear fawn- 

 colour. The small upper wing-coverts, as well as the scapu- 

 lar feathers, are varied with blackish fawn, with a slight tint 

 of golden-green on the small coverts only. The middle are 

 deep blue, changing into golden-green ; and the great coverts, 

 farthest from the body, are reddish. The wing has twenty- 

 four quills ; the first ten are red ; the tenth has some blackish 

 spots, mixed with a little golden-green on the external side, 

 and red, with blackish spots on the internal. The following 

 nine quills are all blackish, with the exception of some few 

 spots of golden-green on their external side. Finally, the 

 four which are nearest the body, are varied with the same 

 colours as the scapular feathers. The iris of the eye is yellow, 

 the bill is whitish, and the feet and claws are grey. 



The pea-hen is smaller than the male. Her train is very 

 short, and destitute of the ornaments of that of the male, and 

 the feathers of which it is composed are even shorter than the 

 tail itself. Her crest is shorter, and her whole plumage 

 rather cinereous. The throat and neck are green, and the 

 spots on the side of the head larger than those of the 

 male. 



The variegated, as well as the white peacock, (of which we 

 shall speak a little more particularly by and by,) is but an 

 accidental variety of the species. The first is most frequently 

 white upon the wings, belly, and breast ; sometimes also on 

 other parts of the body. The rest of the plumage is like that 

 of the common individuals. 



