200 A MONOGRAPH OF THE PHEASANTS 



golden green with bronze tips. The change to maturity is in general from bronze to 

 green. In a three-quarters grown bird which I shot in Pahang the iris was dark hazel, 

 the upper facial skin pale purplish blue, becoming greenish above and below the 

 ear-openings, shading below into yellowish. 



SYNONYMY 



Le Paon die Japan Brisson, Orn. I. 1760, p. 289. 



Pavo inuticus Linnaeus, Syst. Nat. I. 1766, p. 268; Gmelin, Syst. Nat. I. 1788, pt. II. p.731 ; Latham, Ind. 

 Orn. II. 1790, p. 617; Temminck, Pig. et Gall. II. 1813, p. 56, III. 1815, p. 652; Griff., ed Cuvier, III. 1829, p. 12, 

 pi. ; Vigors, in Rafil. Mem. 1830, p. bjQ (Sumatra, Java) ; Jardine, Nat. Lib. Orn. IV. 1834, p. 152, pi. i ; McClell., 

 Calcutta Jour. Nat. Hist. II. 1842, p. 144 (Chittagong) ; Blyth, Cat. Mus. As. Soc. 1849, p. 239; Crawf., Trans. 

 Ethn. Soc. n.s. II. 1863, p. 451 (Malay Peninsula, Sumatra, Java) ; Jerd., Birds India, III. 1863, p. 508 ; Sclater, 

 List Phas. 1863, p. 11 ; Blyth, Ibis, 1867, p. 152 ; Gray, List Gallinae Brit. Mus. 1867, p. 22; Sclater, Proc. Zool. 

 Soc. London, 1869, p. 629 ; Gray, Hand-list Birds, II. 1870, p. 256; Swinhoe, Ibis, 1870, p. 359 (Cochin China) ; 

 Swinhoe, Proc. Zool. Soc. London, i87i,p. 398 (S.W. China); Elliot, Mon. Phas. 1872, I. pi. 5 ; Garrod, Proc. 

 Zool. Soc. London, 1873, pp. 468, 640; Hume, Stray Feathers, II. 1874, p. 481 (Tenasserim) ; Hume, Stray 

 Feathers, III. 1875, p. 165 (Upper Pegu); Blyth and Walden, Cat. Mamm. and Birds Burma, 1875, p. 147 

 (Chittagong, Arrakan, Tenasserim, Siam) ; David and Oustalet, Ois. Chine, 1877, p. 402 ; Hume and Davison, 

 Stray Feathers, VI. 1S7S, pp. 425, 520 ; Hume and Davison, Stray Feathers, VII. 1878, p. 455 ; Anderson, Birds 

 VV. Yunnan, 1878, p. 668 (Upper Burma) ; Hume and Marshall, Game-birds India, I. 1878, p. 94, pi. ; Hume, 

 Stray Feathers, VHI. 1879, p. 68 (Malay Peninsula) ; Bingham, Stray Feathers, IX. 1880, p. 195 (Thoungyeen 

 and Atteran Valleys) ; Fasson, Stray Feathers, IX. 1880, p. 202 (Chittagong); Kelham, Ibis, 1881, p. 529 (Kedah 

 and Perak) ; Oates, Stray Feathers, X. 1882, p. 235 (Pegu) ; Oates, Birds of Burma, II. 1883, p. 312 ; d'Aubusson, 

 Bull. Soc. d'Acclim. 1887, p. 606; Grant, Cat. Birds Brit. Mus. XXII. 1893, p. 371 ; Grant, Hand-book to Game- 

 birds, H. 1897, p. 82; Oates, Game-birds India, I. 1898, p. 280; Blanford, Faun. Brit. India, IV. 1898; Nehrkorn, 

 Kat. dcrEiersammlung, 1899, p. 195 ; Sharp, Hand-list Birds, I. 1899, p. 40 ; Rippon, Ibis, 1901, p. 556 (Southern 

 Shan States); Oates, Cat. Eggs Brit. Mus. I. 1901, p. 62 ; Hartcrt, Novitates Zoologicae, IX. 1902, p. 538 (Pahang 

 Lowlands); Heinroth, Journ. fur Orn. 1903. p. 117; Robinson, Journ. Fed. Malay States Mus. I, 1905, p. 131 

 (Distribution and habits); Bartels, Journ. fiir Orn. 1906, p. 515 (Zandbai, Java) ; Fauque, Bull. Soc. d'Acclim. 

 1907, p. 115 ; Robinson, Journ. Fed. Malay States Mus. II. 1907, p. 67; Grant, Journ. Fed. Malay States Mus. 

 III. 1908, p. 55 (Pahang River); Hopwood, Journ. Bombay Nat. Hist. Soc. XVIII. 1908, p. 433 ; Konigsberger, 

 De Vogels van Java, II. 1909, p. 43; Harrington, Birds of Burma, 1909, p. 119 (Tenasserim, Lower Burma, 

 So-Shan States, Bhamo, Upper Chindwin) ; Robinson and Kloss, Ibis, 1910, p. 672 (Malay Peninsula south to 

 Perak and north-eastern Johore) ; Kloss, Journ. Fed. Malay States Mus. IV. 1911, p. 138; Harrington, Journ. 

 Bombay Nat. Hist. Soc. XX. 191 1, p. loio ; Finn, Game-birds India and China, 191 1, p. 13; Heeckeren, tat 

 Walien, Ardea, I. 1912, p. 13; Gyldenstolpe, Birds Swedish Ex. to Siam, 1913, p. 65 ; Gairdner, Journ. N.H. 

 Siam, I. 1914, p. 40; Barton, Journ. N.H. Siam, II. 1914, p. 108 ; Bakrr, Journ. Bombay Nat. Hist. Soc. XXIV. 

 1915, p. 23 (life history) ; Ingli.s, Journ. Bombay Nat. Hist. Soc. XXV. 1918, p. 500. 



Le spicifere Buffon, Hist. Nat. Ois. II. 1771, p. 366. 



Japan Peacock Latham, Gen. Syn. II. 1783, pt. II., p. 672 ; Latham, Gen. Hist. VIII. 1823, p 116. 



Pavo japonensis Bonnat. Tabl. Encycl. Meth. I. 1791, p. 179. 



Pavo spicijerus Shaw and Nodd., Nat. Missc. XVI. pi. 641 ; Vieill., Gal. des Ois. II. 1825, p. 14, pi. 202; 

 Less. Traite d'Orn. 1831, p. 486; Gray, List of Birds, pt. III. 1844, Gall., p. 22. 



Pavojavanicus Horsf, Trans. Linn. Soc. XII 1. 1822, p. 185 (Java). 



Pavo cristatus Raffl. (ncc Linne), Trans. Linn. Soc. XIII. 1822, p. 319 (Malay Peninsula, Java, .'Sumatra); 

 Schinz, Nat. Abbild. Vog. 1833, p. 239, pi. 92. 



Javan Peacock Latham, Gen. Hist. VIII. 1823, p. 116. 



Javanese Peacock, s Head Bray, ill. Ind. Zool. I. 1830-32, pi. 53, fig. 2. 



Pavo aldrovandi Wilson, 111. Zool. 1831, pis. xiv. xv. 



Pavo spicifer Schinz, Nat. Vog. 1853, p. 150, pi. y}, ; Garrod, Proc. Zool. Soc. London, 1879, p. 354 (Thoracic 

 ring.s) ; Mitchell, Proc. Zool. Soc. London, 191 1, p. 522 (Longevity in captivity). 



