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GALLINÆ.—PHASIANIDÆ.
scarcely more than the head and neck of the bird appear in front of them. The true tail is situated beneath, and is commonly concealed by these,
PEACOCK
consisting of eighteen brown, stiff feathers about six inches long.
Immense flocks of these splendid birds in a wild state exist in the forests of India and the
