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SUBKIKGDOM VEETBBEATA. 



feeding in flocks of ten or twelve females to one male. As 

 j,^ the female leaves her nest, 



her cackling is answered 

 by the male, and thus she 

 is guided to her com- 

 panions. 



Phasianidse.— The 

 Pheasant is indigenous to 

 Asia, but some species 

 have become naturalized 

 in the parks of European 

 castles. The Argus has 

 its secondaries, v^hich are 

 three times the length of 

 the primaries, ornament- 

 ed with rows of richly- 

 tinted "eyes." Its tail 

 has two feathers, so long 

 that, while the bird is 

 only the size of a common 

 fowl, its extreme length is 

 five feet. 



Pavonidae. — The Pea- 

 coch's tail- coverts are dec- 

 orated with " eyes." The 

 true tail-feathers are 

 short, un variegated, and 

 serve only as a support 

 for the so-called " tail." 



Numididae. — The 

 Guinea-fowl came from 

 Africa. Its harsh, ring- 

 ing cry of camac, camac, 

 makes the bird very useful 

 in the poultry yard as a 

 protection from crows and 



Jffunada meledgris, Qmnea-tovil. i\. naWKS. 



