PA V O N 1 (: R I PK.VN I >.
must sunnose 1 all these cases, that the eiffflmoh; breed had at ■ former penod been crossed D D D B B D
but had lost ’every trace of the cross, yet that the birds M f l M K H H J B H wh.ch; sudden^, and
i H N i reversion ¿lie characters of P . mgripemis. 1 have heard a f jn o other .snch.chsp in the animal or vegetable^kingdom. To
perceive the full Improbability of such ah Occurrence, we may suppose »1#^ a breed of dogs hud been crossed nt some former
L rio d with a wolf, but had lost every trace of the wolf-like character, yet that th e breed gave b'rth in fi.e instance. ,n :;he same
L n t r y within no great length of time, to a wolf perfect In every character ! and we must further suppose t h a t j l g o of the case
the nTwly produced wislieS afterwords spontaneously Increased w H l an extent as ¿ to lead n B H E H E O n Q
breed of dogs. So remarkable a form as the P . mgripennii, when first imported, would have realized a large p ric e ,-ft is therefor
improbable that it should have been silently? introduced, and its history su b se q u |g y lost. On ^ whole, the ■ B H D
as it did to Sir B. Heron, to preponderate strongly in layout o f th e : black-shouldered breed being a variation, introduced eittmr,
bv the climate I England, S by some Ifknown cause, such as S S B I S l o a primordial and
On the view that t b l Black-shouldered Peacock I s H variety, th e case is the mos, B B D H D n D D |
appearance of M N M H H I s o | | f | y resembles a true .species t h a t | | has d e e e ivedrone.qfahe mostiexpero I
ornithologists.” This practically exhausts of variety m . tru e -^ e c ie s and we with m B B E B M
can be ascertained whether;#« not t f e form now known as P . " “*> d,sta“ *
Eastern Asia which yet remain to be visited and examined b j ||om e adjVe^Srous S r a l i s t whose eagerness f o j , discovery may
enable him to defy and overcome the difficulties of the journey and the hostility’ of the natives. I
This bird, while closely resembling the P . cristatus, differs from it in the metallic green of the back being ofi a more golden
life in having the secondaries; scapulars, and wing-coverts black, with an outer edging of green becoming bluish towards e
carpal joint. The thighs are black.
The female is entirely pale cream-colour, mottled with dark brown.