MADRAS JOURNAL 



or 



LITERATURE AND SCIENCE. 



No. 2B—Ju7i/ 1840. 



I.— Catalogue of (lie Birds of the Peninsula of India^ arranged ac-^ 

 cording to the modern system of Classification ; with brief Notes on 

 their Habits and Geographical Distribution, and description of new^ 

 doubtful and imperfectly described Species.-^By T. C. JerdoNj Assis" 

 tant Surgeon, 2d Madras Light Cavalry, 



( Continued from No. 27, page 239 J 



Ord. III.-RASORES, III. Swains.— Birds and 



Pigeons. 



Family PAVONID^E, 



Gentjs PAVO, L.— Pe«cocK 



265. — P. cristutus, L.—Mohr, H. and Mah.— Common PeafowL 



The Peafowl abounds in most of the wooded districts of India, and also 

 in woody nullahs, and low jungle in various parts of the country. It 

 breeds most usually towards the end of the monsoon. 



