ORDER V. GALLINACEOUS, 





GENUS LV.— PEACOCK. 



1 Crested Peacock 

 A Var. 

 B Var. 





2 Black-shouldered 



3 Javari 



4 Japan 



5 Iris 



6 Thibet 



7 Malay 



1 HE bill in this Genus is convex, and strong. 

 Nostrils large. 

 Head small, crested. 

 Spurs on the legs. 

 Feathers above the tail long, broad, expansible. 



1 — CRESTED PEACOCK. 



Pavo cristatus, Ind. Orn. ii. 61G. Lin. i. 267. Faun. suec. No. 197. Gnu Lin. i. 



729. Scop. i. No. 162. Brun. p. 58. Kramer, p. 355. Frisch, t. 118. Rail, 



51. A. 2. Will. 112. t. 27. Bris. i. 281. t. 27. Id. Svo. i. 79. Klein, 112. B. 



Id. Ov. 32. t. 14. f. 1. 2. Borowsk, ii. 164. Gerin. ii. t. 217. Spalowsk. ii. t. 



28. Roman. Orn. 26. t. 2. & 3. Lin. Trans, xiii. p. 319. 

 Le Paon, Buf. ii. 288. pi. 10. PI. enl. 433. 434. Tern. Man. Ed. ii. Anal. p. xc. 

 Pfau, Gunth. Nest. u. Ey. t. 22. Naturf. iv. s. 605. Id. xvii. 66. Schmid, Fog. p. 



95. t. 81. 

 Pavone, Zinnan. Uov. 25. t. 1. No. 1. 

 Crested Peacock, Gen. Syn. iv. 668. Will Engl. 158. pi. 27. Rail, p. 51. A. 2. & 



183. 18. Sloan. Jam. 302. No. 23. Broivn, Jam. 470. Bewick, Birds, i. pi. 



p. 289. 



SIZE of a middling Turkey ; length from the tip of the bill to 

 the end of the tail three feet eight inches, and sometimes more than 



