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hidden by the overhanging train of gorgeous plumes, 
which are in reality the upper tail-coverts. 
The same thing is true of the peacock, whose real tail, 
while it has the power of spreading, consists solely of 
Fic. 338.—Train of Peacock spread. 
short, dull, brownish feathers, acting as a support to the 
glorious train of ocellated plumes which springs from the 
lower back. Indeed the tail-feathers of a turkey-cock 
are far more beautiful than the real tail of a peacook, 
This is especially evident when, after a peacock has moulted 
