THE EASTERN OR BURMESE PEA-FOWL. 97 



Lastly, whereas in P. cristalus all the lesser wing-coverts, the 

 tertiaries and all their coverts, and the scapulars, are conspicu- 

 ously barred and variegated with black on a rufescent or buffy 

 white ground, in muticus these parts are uniform and unbarred. 



Only these two species of Pea-Fowl are known to exist, 

 though it is just possible (though not probable) that the supposed 

 variety, P . nigripennis, already referred to under the common 

 Pea-Fowl, may prove to be entitled to specific rank. 



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