Order GALLING 



Bill short, high at the base, more or less curved, the tip vaulted and bent down ; nostrils 

 pierced in a capacious membrane, covering the base of the bill in some. Wings short, ample, 

 and generally rounded. Tail very variable, of from 12 to 18 feathers. Legs and feet stout; tibia 

 feathered to the knee (except in Pedionomus). Tarsus frequently spurred. Toes three in front 

 and one behind, which is usually elevated above the plane of the anterior toes ; hind toe wanting 

 in some. 



Sternum with two very deep emarginations on each side. Entirely ground-feeding and 

 with the habit of scratching for their food. 



Fam. PHASIANIEvE. 



Bill strong, high at the base, vaulted at the tip, which overhangs the lower mandible ; 

 nostrils apart ; face more or less nude. Wings short and rounded. Tail usually lengthened, of 

 from 12 to 18 feathers. Tarsus moderately long, stout, covered in front with large polygonal 

 scales ; usually spurred. Anterior toes united at the base by a small membrane. 



Mostly of large size ; plumage of the sexes differing. 



Genus PAVO. 

 " Bill lengthened, slender, the nareal portion large ; nostrils linear ; head ornamented with 

 an erect crest of feathers of a peculiar structure, orbitar region naked. Tail moderately long, of 

 18 feathers. Feathers of the back and upper tail-coverts of great length, surpassing the tail, and 

 beautifully ocellated. Tarsi rather long and spurred." {Jerdon, B. of Ind. iii. p. 506.) 



PAVO CEISTATUS. 



(THE PEACOCK.) 



Pavo cristatus, Linn. Syst. Nat. i. p. 267 (1766) ; Blyth, Cat. B. Mus. A. S. B. p. 239 (1849); 



Kelaart, Prodromus, Cat. p. 131 (1852); Layard, Ann. & Mag. Nat. Hist. 1854, xiv. 



p. 62 ; Irby, Ibis, 1861, p. 234; Sclater, P. Z. S. 1863, p. 123 ; Jerdon, B. of Ind. iii. 



p. 506 (1864); Beavan, Ibis, 1868, p. 379; Holdsw. P. Z. S. 1872, p. 467; Elliot, 



Monog. Phasian. i. pi. 3 (1872); Adam, Str. Feath. 1873, p. 392; Ball, ibid. 1874, 



p. 426 ; Hume, Nests and Eggs, p. 510 (1875) ; Butler & Hume, Str. Feath. 1876, p. 5 ; 



Fairbank, t. c. p. 202, et ibid. 1877, p. 409 ; Ball, ibid. 1878, vii. p. 225. 

 Pavo assamensis, M'Clelland, Ind. Rev. 1838, p. 513. 

 Le Paon (male), La Paonne (fem.), Buff. PI. Enl. 433, 434 ; Peafowl. Mot, Mohr, also 



Manjur, Hind. ; Nimili, Telugu ; Myl, Tarn. ; Mabja, Bhotias ; Mong-yung, Lepchas ; 



Mayal, Dutch in Ceylon ; Pavaan, Portuguese in Ceylon ; Miyil, Tamils. 

 Monara, Sinhalese (Layard). 



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