4°. THE NATURAL HISTORY 
thers, fcarcely webbed but at their. ends, of a_ 
green colour glofled with gold: round the eyes 18 
a white fkin, and the fmall feathers which cover 
its ears feem a little rough. The head, neck, 
and breaft of the males are of a beautiful blue, 
which fometimes feems enriched with fhades of 
green and purple, (the neck of the female. is 
green glofied with gold.)- The back is green, 
inlaid with gold, and the feathers lie one over 
another like fhells; above the tail is a train of | 
long and beautiful feathers; the fhafts or ftems 
of thefe feathers, are ornamented with feparate 
webs of green and gold and chefnut colour ; pat g 
the end a number of thele webs are united toge- 
ther, and adorned with the eye or moon, which — 
ig a fhining fpot, painted as it were with the moft — 
beautiful colours, feveral fhades of gold and green, _ 
and of blue deepening into a rich violet: thefe 
appear ftill more ftriking, becaufe the colour j ins 
the centre or middle, is a fine velvet black, 
The true tail is-hid beneath this train, and con- 
- fits of eighteen brown feathers. | 
The Peacock has the power of raifing his train, 
- fpreading it in acircle, and giving it a quivering — 
motion ; it is then that he difplays all his beau 
ties, his creft moves, and his head and neck fall- 
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