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add nothing. Note the slender shafts which rise from 
the head of the Indian Peacock, each one tipped with a 
dainty feather tuft; and the variation in the crest of its 
splendid cousin from Java. In one of the Birds of Para- 
dise, six long, fan-tipped shafts extend backward from 
the head, much longer than, but similar to, the crest of 
the Indian Peacock. The California Partridge bas a tiny, 
Fig. 201.—California Partridges, showing difference in crest of male and 
female birds. 
club-shaped crest which points in a forward direction, 
and, when the bird is excited, the feathers which com- 
pose it spread out, breaking into a fan. The ornament 
of the Plumed Partridge is a long, sweeping plume. The 
crest of the curassow is most peculiar, being composed 
of curly, recurved feathers, resembling in texture and 
appearance jet-black or parti-coloured shavings. 
The nuptial plumes of the Night Heron hang far down 
upon its shoulders, and the soft barbs are curved inward, 
