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Pavo, Linn. Upper tail covers excessively developed : 
tail capable of being spread like a fan. Heap 
plumed and crested. Tarsus spined. 
P. cristatus. PI. Enl. 433. muticus. Vieil. Gal. 202. 
Arqus, Tern. Tail horizontally compressed ; the two 
middle feathers excessively long. Wings with the 
secondary covers much longer than the primaries. 
Head and neck bare. 
A. giganteus. Tern. Vieil. Gal. 204. 
Polypleetron, Tern. {fig. 294.) Tail long flat, round- 
ed. Tarsus long, slender ; armed in the male with 
several spines. Claws small ; that of the hallux very- 
short. 
P. bicalcaratus. PI. Enl. 492. 
Mekaqris, Linn. Head and neck naked, fleshy, tu- 
berculated ; a fleshy caruncle in front. Tail round, 
capable of expansion. di no 
M. gallopavo. PI. Enl. 97. oeellata. PI. Col. 112. 
Phasianos, Linn. Tail nar- 
row, slender, graduated. 
Bill short, strong. 
Phasianui-. {fiy.^QS.) Head 
and neck feathered. Or- 
bits naked, warted. 
P. colchicus. Auct. The common pheasant. 
Nycthemerus, Sw. Head furnished with naked wattles. 
N. pictus. PI. Enl. 217. N. argentatus. PI. Enl. 1- • 
Ceriornis, Sw. Head partly nakedt with fleshy orn- 
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