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rdbrV, GALLINACEOUS, 

 Genus XLVII. PEACOCK. 



,N° i. CreftedP, N° 2. Japan P. 



Var. A. Variegated P. 3. Iris P. 



B. White P. 4. Thibet P. 



TH E bill in this genus is convex, and ftrong. 

 Noftrils large. 

 Head fmall, crefted. 

 Spurs on the legs. 



Feathers above the tail very long, broad, expanfible, confirming 

 of ranges of feathers, adorned at their ends with rich ocellated 

 fpots. 



1, Pavo criftatus, Lin. Syji. i. p. 267.— /"«»». Sua. 197.— Scop, ann, i. N° 162. 



FORESTED P. __ Brun. p. tfi.—FriJch. pi. \\%.—Kram.tL p. 355. 



Le Paon, Brif. em. i. p. 2S1. pi. zy.—Buf. oif. ii. p. 288. pi. 10.— PI. enl, 



433. (the male) 434. (the female.) 

 Peacock, Rati Sjn. p. 51. A. 2. p. 183. 18. — Will orn. p. 158. pi. 27.— 

 Sloan. Jam. p. 302. N° z^.—Broivn. Jam. p. 470. 

 Br. Muf. Lev. Muf. 



;Des«ription. QIZE of a middling Turkey : length, from the tip of the bill 

 to the end of the tail, three feet eight inches. The bill is 



near 



