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CRESTED PEACOCK. 

 (Pavo cristatus ) 



Pa. capite crista comjjressd, corpore supra viriduaureoi (Eneo-' 

 nitente ; tectricibus alarum viridi-aureo cceruleo ceneoque efful- 

 gentihus ; suhtus nigricante viridi-aureo-vario capite Jasciis 

 duabus albis utrinque ; tectricibus caudcB superioribus longissi- 

 mis, arcubus versicoloribus et auratis conspicuis. Mas. 



Peacock with a compressed crest on the head ; the body above 

 of a golden-green, glossed with brassy 3 the wing^eoverts 

 green-gold, with blue and brassy reflections 3 the under parts 

 of the body dusky, varied with green-gold ; the head with 

 two white stripes on each side 3 the upper tail-coverts very 

 long, adorned with various coloured auriferous arches. 



Pavo cristatuSj primus. Temm. Gall, Ind. p. 650. 



Paon Sauvage. Temm. Hist. Nat. Gall. v. 2. p. 26. 



Var, /3. domesticus, tectricibus alarum transversim strialus. 



Wing-coverts transversely striated. 



Pavo cristatus, domesticus. Temm. Gall. Ind. p. 650. 



Pavo cristatus. Linn. Syst. Nat, I. p. 267. — Linn. Faun. Suec, 

 197.—Gmel. Syst. Nat. p. 7ig. I.— Will. Orn. p. 112. pi. 27. 

 Lath. Ind, Orn. 2. p. 616. 1. 



Le Paon. Buf. Ois. 2. 288. pi. 10.— Buff. Pi. Enl. 433 and 434. 

 — Briss. Orn, 1. 281. 7- pi. 27. 



Le Paon domestique. Temm. Gall. (8vo.) 2. p. 35 and 434. 



Crested or common Peacock. Lath. Gen. Syn. 4. p. 668. 1 

 Betv, Brit. Birds. 1. p, 2Sg. — Bing. Anim. Biog. 2. p. 234. 



Var. y.genis, gutture, supremo ventre^ tectricibusque alarum albi^\ 



With the cheeks, throat, upper parts of the belly, and the wing- 

 coverts, white. 



Pjlvo cristatus varius. Briss. Orn, I. p. 288. — Lath. Ind. Orn. 



2. p, 616,—Gmel, Syst, Nat, 1. 729.— Temm, Gall. Ind.p, 652. 

 Le Paon Pannache. Buff, Ois, 2. 327.--Temm. Gall. (8vo.) p. 



652. 



