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PHASIANID^. 



GENUS CCLXXXV.— PAVO Auctorum. PEACOCK. 

 Generic character : vide Steph, v. xi. p. 141. 



GENUS CCLXXXVI.— POLYPLECTRON, Temminck. 

 Generic character: vide Steph, v. xi. 150. 



GENUS CCLXXXVII.—GALLUS, Brisson. COCK. 

 Generic character : vide Steph, v. xi. p. 1 95. 



GENUS CCLXXXVIII.— LOPHOPIJORUS, Temminck. 

 MONAUL. 



Generic character : vide Steph, v. xi. p. 248. 

 Lo. Cuvieri. Temm. PI, Col. 1. 



Lo, cristatus violaceo-niger, corpore pennis alho marginatis. 

 Crested violet-black Monaul, with the feathers on the body 



margined with white. 

 Phasianus leucomelanos. Latli. Ind. Oni, ii. p. G33. — Coloured 



Pheasant. Lath. Syn. Sup. i. p. 210. 



Length eighteen inches : the male has the sin- 

 ciput adorned with a crest composed of long decom- 

 posed feathers, with short webs : the cheeks are naked : 

 the crest, the neck, as well as the upper and under 

 parts of the body are black, with a very brilliant violet 

 gloss : the wings and the tail are of a dull black tint, 

 all the feathers being delicately marked with greyish 

 zigzag lines : the feathers of the rump and the tail- 

 coverts are all tipped with a broad white zone : the 

 under parts are of a violet hue, with several feathers 

 on the throat varied with very fine grey zigzag lines : 

 the legs are grey, as w^ll as the spur on the tarsi, 

 which is strong and sharp : the beak is yellow : the 



