HUSBAND AND WIFE 



The magnificent plumage of the peacock belongs only to the male, and it may be noticed 

 that the female to the left of the picture is far less handsome than her husband, who pre- 

 sents us with a back view of his outstretched tail. These birds were once highly esteemed 

 as food, and in the middle ages always figured at the most sumptuous banquets, roasted, 

 but in all the glory of their gaudy plumage. 



IN ALL HIS PRIDL 



The peacock is the proverbial personification of pride, and indeed he has good reason 

 to be proud, for the old proverb that "fine feathers make fine birds" is nowhere truer than 

 in his case. As an embodiment of beauty and grace, there are few things that equal a 

 peacock "in his pride," as the heralds describe him when they emblazon him on a coat-of- 

 arms with his tail outspread. 



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