MADRAS JOURNAL 



LITERATURE AND SCIENCE 



No. 28— July 1840. 



I. — Catalogue of the Birch of the Peninsula of India, arranged ac- 

 cording to the modern system of Classification ; with brief Notes on 

 their Habits and Geographical Distribution, and description of neio, 

 doubtful and imperfectly described Species. — JBy T. C. Jerdon, Assis- 

 tant Surgeon, 2d Madras Light Cavalry. 



(Continued from No. 27, page 239J 



Ord. HI.— R A SO RES, 111. Swains.— Game Birds and 



Piseotis. 



Family PAV0NID.E. 



Genus PAVO, L.— Peacock. 



26j.— P. cristatus, L. — Mohr, H. and Mali. — Common Peafowl. 



The Peafowl abounds in most of the wooded districts of India, and also 

 in woody nullahs, and low jungle in various parts of the country. It 

 breeds most usually towards the end of the monsoon, 



