PAVONIDZ. 841 
Pavo, Linn. Upper tail covers excessively developed : 
tail capable of being spread like a fan. Head 
plumed and crested. Tarsus spined. 
P. cristatus. P]. Enl. 433. muticus. Vieil. Gal. 202. 
Argus, Tem. ‘Tail horizontally compressed ; the two 
middle feathers excessively long. Wings with the 
secondary covers. much longer than the primaries. 
Head and neck bare. 
A. giganteus. Tem. Vieil. Gal. 204. 
Polyplectron, Tem. (fig. 294.) Tail. long, flat, round- 
ed. Tarsus long, slender; armed in the male with 
several spines. Claws small; that of the hallux very 
short. 
P. bicalcaratus. Pl. Enl. 492. 
ZZ 
r| = 
Meleagris, Linn. Head and neck naked, fleshy, tu- 
berculated ; a fleshy caruncle in front. Tail round, 
capable of expansion. 
M. gallopavo. ‘Pl. Enl. 97. ocellata. Pl. Col. 112. 
Puasranus, Linn. Tail nar- 295 
row, slender, graduated. 
Bill short, strong. é 
A 
Phasianus. ( fig.295.) Head --——— 
and neck feathered. Or- i 
_ bits naked, warted. 
P. colchicus. Auct. The common pheasant. 
Nycthemerus, Sw. Head furnished with naked wattles. 
N. pictus. P]. Enl. 217. N. argentatus. Pl. Enl. 123. 
Ceriornis, Sw. Head partly naked, with fleshy horn- 
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