
THE 
“NATURAL HISTORY. 

Orver sth GALLIN A. 
| The beak is conv ex: the upper mandible is bowed, ex 
ay Beene with a margin over the lower mandible. 
The noftrils are half covered with a ‘convex, and cartilae 
A ginous membrane, (that is a convex grifly-fkin.) 
_ The tail feathers are more than twelve, { in moft {pecies. 
“The feet are conneééted as far as the firft joint, and after 2 
wards divided. 
Genus i PAY 0. 
rs E PEACOCK, 
- The bill is convex and ftrong. 
- The head is {mall, and crefted, 
ihe legs are furnifhed with {purs. 
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- their ends with {pots, called eyes, or moons. 
noble'carriage, the beautiful proportions 
: of its body, and the richnefs of. tS 
‘plumage, excels every other bird. Its head ig 
_adorned-with a moveable creft of twenty-four feax 
re 7 | A 2. sees, 



The feathers above the tail are very long, ornamented at 
HE Peacock, from its elegant fhape, ie 
