i62 A MONOGRAPH OF THE PHEASANTS 



Peafowl inhabit India, Assam, Burma, Siam, Cochin China, the Malay Peninsula, 

 Ceylon and Java. Two species of wild Pavo are known : 



Indian Peafowl Pavo cristatus Linnaeus. 



Green Peafowl Pavo muticus Linnaeus. 



KEY TO THE FORMS OF PAVO 



I. An enormous train of ocellated feathers (males). 



a Crest of naked shafts, with fan-shaped tips ....... cristatics. 



b Crest of feathers webbed to the base muticus. 



II. No train of ocellated feathers (females). 



a Upper tail-coverts short and dull brown cristatus. 



b Upper tail-coverts as long as the tail and metallic green .... muticus. 



