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these are ornamented by an immense number of eye- 
like spots, whence its name. These lovely birds are 
inhabitants, the former of the Indio-Malayan region 
and the latter of the Himalayas. 
Case XV. 
is still devoted to the Puastanip, which are natives of 
most parts of Asia, and display a prodigality of rich 
colour and variety of plumage truly astonishing, in 
addition to a stately bearing which seems to imply 
a conscious superiority. One of the most nichly- 
coloured of the family is the Impeyan Pheasant, so 
called after Sir Elijah or Lady Impey, by whom the 
bird was first made known in this country. The 
Anglo-Indian name for these lovely birds is “* Monal.” 
The curious Horned Tragopan (Cerzornis satyra), 
the less conspicuous Indian Pucras (P. mucrolopha), 
and the White-crested Kaleege (Luplocamus albo- 
cristatus), all natives of the Himalayas, will attract 
deserved attention. 
The bottom of the case is occupied by fine 
specimens of the Mexican Wild Turkey (A/eleagris 
mexicana), which Mr. Gould shows (Proc. Zool. Soc., 
1856) to be distinct from the Canadian Wild Turkey, 
and the origin of our domestic breed, having been 
introduced from the mainland of America to the West 
Indies, and thence in the sixteenth century through 
Spain to the rest of Europe and Great Britain. In 
corroboration of Mr. Gould’s views, the late Mr. 
Gurney caused to be placed near the Wild Mexican 
bird in our Museum, a Turkey of the Cambridgeshire 
breed, which was reared at Earlham, and the close 
agreement in the plumage of the two birds is very 
apparent. 
