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JAPAN PEACOCK. 

 (Pavo muticiis.) 



Pa. corpore supra mrescente-ccEruleoj ceneo effulgente; subtus ci* 

 nereOi maculis nigris albo-striatis vario ; pectore C(zruleo viridi- 

 aureo nitente ; tectricibus caudce superioribus ocellatis ; capite 

 cristd erecta, spicata. 



Peacock with the body above of a green-blue, with a brassy 

 gloss ; beneath a^h'Coloured, varied with black spots and white 

 stripes ; breast rich blue, glossed with green-gold ; upper tail- 

 coverts ocellated y head with an erect spicated crest. 



Pavo muticus. Linn. Syst, Nat. I. p. 268. — Gmel. Syst.Nato 

 1. 731. 3. — Lath. Ind. Orn. 2. 01 7. 2. — Temm. Gall. Ind. p. 

 652. 



Pavo Japonensis. Briss. Orn. ]. 289. S. 



Le Spicifere. Buff. Ois. 2. 366. — Temm. Pig. et Gall. 1. p. 



56. pi. l.f. 1. (head.) 

 Japan Peacock. Lath. Gen. Syn. 4. 672. 2. 



This is the size of the common Peacock, and 

 is of the same form : its beak is longer and straighter 

 than in that bird, its colour dusky grey : the irides 

 are reddish-chesnut : beneath the eyes is a naked 

 yellowish space ; and another larger space of a 

 deeper yellow occurs on each side of the head, 

 under the coverts of the ear : the head is adorned 

 with a perpendicular crest, composed of about ten 

 straight sloped feathers, of a fine green colour, 

 with blue reflections : the head, the neck, and the 

 breast, are also green, highly glossed with blue : 

 the belly, the abdomen, and the greater feathers 

 of the wings, are brown, with elegant hues of 

 green : the feathers of the lower part of the back^ 



