161 
THE THIBETIAN POLYPLECTRON. 
Polyplectron Tibetanus. — Gmelin. 
Plate VI. 
Pavo Tibetanus, Linn. Gmel. ii. 731 Peacock Pheasant, 
Edwards Eperonnier chinquis, Polyplectron chinquie, 
Temminck, Planches Colonies, 539. Male. 
This is another very beautiful species of Poly- 
plectron, inhabiting, it is believed, the mountainous 
chain which separates Hindostan from Thibet, whence 
they are procured, and reared in the menageries of 
the wealthy Chinese. It is easily domesticated, and 
might be made to breed in confinement ; the bird 
from which Temminck took his drawing and descrip- 
tion having lived for five or six years in an aviary at 
the Hague. 
The entire length of the Thibetian Polyplectron is 
22 inches, the form rather light and elegant. It is 
without a crest ; but the small feathers of the crown 
are turned forward, and appear in an irregular or 
disarranged state ; they are of a greyish-brown. The 
throat is whitish. The feathers of the neck, the 
breast, and belly, are of a dull brown, crossed with 
transverse undulated bands of blackish-brown. The 
baek, rump, and coverts of the tail, are of a clear 
brown, spotted, and transversely undulated with 
L 
