200 A MONOGRAPH OF THE PHEASANTS 



golden green with bronze tips. The change to maturity is in general from bronze to 

 green. In a three-quarters grown bird which I shot in Pahang the iris was dark hazel, 

 the upper facial skin pale purplish blue, becoming greenish above and below the 

 ear-openings, shading below into yellowish. 



SYNONYMY 



Le Paon du Japon Brisson, Orn. I. 1760, p. 289. 



Pavo muticus Linnaeus, Syst. Nat. I. 1766, p. 268 ; Gmelin, Syst. Nat. I. 1788, pt. II. p. 731 ; Latham, Ind. 

 Orn. n. 1790, p. 617; Temminck, Pig. et Gall. II. 1813, p. 56, III. 1815, p. 652 ; Griff., ed Cuvier, III. 1829. p. 12, 

 pi. ; Vigors, in Raffl. Mem. 1830, p. 676 (Sumatra, Java) ; Jardine, Nat. Lib. Orn. IV. 1834, p. 152, pi. i ; McClell., 

 Calcutta Jour. Nat. Hist. II. 1842, p. 144 (Chittagong) ; Blyth, Cat. Mus. As. Soc. 1849, p. 239; Crawf., Trans. 

 Ethn. Soc. n.s. II. 1863, p. 451 (Malay Peninsula, Sumatra, Java) ; Jerd., Birds India, III. 1S63, p. 508 ; Sclater, 

 List Phas. 1863, p. II ; Blyth, Ibis, 1867, p. 152 ; Gray, List Gallinae Brit. Mus. 1867, p. 22 ; Sclater, Proc. Zool. 

 Soc. London, 1869, p. 629 ; Gray, Hand-list Birds, II. 1870, p. 256; Swinhoe, Ibis, 1870, p. 359 (Cochin China) ; 

 Swinhoe, Proc. Zool. Soc. London, 1871, p. 398 (S.W. China); Elliot, Mon. Phas. 1872, I. pi. 5 ; Garrod. Proc. 

 Zool. Soc. London, 1873, pp. 468, 640; Hume, Stray Feathers, II. 1874, p. 481 (Tenasserim) ; Hume, Stray 

 Feathers, III. 1875, p. 165 (Upper Pegu); Blyth and Walden, Cat. Mamm. and Birds Burma, 1875, p. 147 

 (Chittagong, Arrakan, Tenasserim, Siam) ; David and Oustalet, Ois. Chine, 1877, p. 402 ; Hume and Davison, 

 Stray Feathers, VI. 1878, pp. 425, 520 ; Hume and Davison, Stray Feathers, VII. 1878, p. 455 ; Anderson, Birds 

 W.Yunnan, 1878, p. 668 (Upper Burma) ; Hume and Marshall, Game-birds India, I. 1878, p. 94, pi. ; Hume 

 Stray Feathers, VIII. 1879, p. 68 (Malay Peninsula) ; Bingham, Stray Feathers, IX. 1880, p. 195 (Thoungyeen 

 and Atteran Valleys) ; Fasson, Stray Feathers, IX. 1880, p. 202 (Chittagong); Kelham, Ibis, 1881, p. 529 (Kedah 

 and Perak) ; Oates, Stray Feathers. X. 1882, p. 235 (Pegu); Oates, Birds of Burma, II. 1883, p. 312 ; d'Aubusson 

 Bull. Soc. d'Acclim. 1887, p. 606; Grant, Cat. Birds Brit. Mus. XXII. 1893, p. 371 ; Grant, Hand-book to Game- 

 birds, II. 1897, p. 82; Oates, Game-birds India, I. 1898, p. 280; Blanford, Faun. Brit. India, IV. 1898; Nehikorn, 

 Kat. derEiersammlung, 1899, p. 195 ; Sharp, Hand-list Birds, I. 1899, p. 40 ; Rippon, Ibis, 1901, p. 556 (Southern 

 Shan States); Oates, Cat. Eggs Brit. Mus. I. 1901, p. 62 ; Hartert, Novitates Zoologicae, IX. 1902, p. 538 (Pahang 

 Lowlands); Heinroth, Journ. fur Orn. 1903, p. 117; Robinson, Journ. Fed. Malay States Mus. I. 1905, p. 131 

 (Distribution and habits); Bartels. Journ. fur Orn. 1906, p. 515 (Zandbai, Java) ; Fauque, Bull. Soc. d'Acclim. 

 1907, p. 115 ; Robinson, Journ. Fed. Malay States Mus. II. 1907, p. 67-, Grant, Journ. Fed. Malay States Mus. 

 III. 1908, p. 55 (Pahang River) ; Hopwood, Journ. Bombay Nat. Hist. Soc. XVIII. 1908, p. 433 ; Konigsberger, 

 De Vogels van Java, II. 1909, p. 43; Harrington, Birds of Burma, 1909, p. 119 (Tenasserim, Lower Burma' 

 So-Shan States, Bhamo, Upper Chindwin) ; Robinson and Kloss, Ibis, 1910, p. 672 (Malay Peninsula south to 

 Perak and north-eastern Johore) ; Kloss, Journ. Fed. Malay States Mus. IV. 1911, p. 138; Harrington, Journ. 

 Bombay Nat. Hist. Soc. XX. 1911, p. loio; Finn, Game-birds India and China, 1911, p. 13; Heeckeren, tat 

 Walien, Ardea, I. 1912, p. 13; Gyldenstolpe, Birds Swedish Ex. to Siam, 1913, p. 65 ; Gairdner, Journ. N.H. 

 Siam, I. 1914, p. 40; Barton, Journ. N.H. Siam, II. 1914, p. 108 ; Baker, Journ. Bombay Nat. Hist. Soc. XXIV. 

 1915, p. 23 (life history) ; IngHs, Journ. Bombay Nat. Hist. Soc. XXV. 1918, p. 500. 



Le spicifere Buffon, Hist. Nat. Ois. II. 177 1, p. 366. 



Japan Peacock Latham, Gen. Syn. II. 1783, pt. II., p. 672 ; Latham, Gen. Hist. VIII. 1823, p 116. 



Pavojaponensis Bonnat. Tabl. Encycl. Meth. I. 1791, p. 179. 



Pavo spiciferus Shaw and Nodd., Nat. Missc. XVI. pi. 641 ; Vieill., Gal. des Ois. II. 1825, p. 14, pi. 202; 

 Less. Traite d'Orn. 183 1, p. 486 ; Gray, List of Birds, pt. HI. 1844, Gall., p. 22. 



Pavo javanicus Horsf., Trans. Linn. Soc. XIII. 1822, p. 185 (Java). 



Pavo cristatus Raffl. (nee Linne), Trans. Linn. Soc. XIII. 1822, p. 319 (Malay Peninsula, Java, .? Sumatra) ; 

 Schinz, Nat. Abbild. Vog. 1833, p. 239, pi. 92. 



Java7t Peacock Latham, Gen. Hist. VIII. 1823, p. 116. 



Javanese Peacock's Head Bray, 111. Ind. Zool. I. 1830-32, pi. 53, fig. 2. 



Pavo aldrovandi Wilson, III. Zool. 183 1, pis. xiv. xv. 



Pavo spicifer Schinz, Nat. Vog. 1853, p. 150, pi. 73 ; Garrod, Proc. Zool. Soc. London, 1879, p. 354 (Thoracic 

 rings) ; Mitchell, Proc. Zool. Soc. London, 1911, p. 522 (Longevity in captivity). 



