PLATE LXXXVIII 



WHITE PEACOCK 



These rarely beautiful birds are never found in a wild state, but are bred in captivity from birds 

 showing a few white feathers. When at their best, these peafowl show hardly a particle of pigment, 

 even the feather eyes being without their metallic copper and emerald. When the train is spread, however, 

 and the light is just right, every detail of the eye pattern can be seen, appearing and reappearing like 

 the successive ripples in watered silk. 



