The Natural History of Birds a Popular Introduction to Ornithology
The Natural History of Birds a Popular Introduction to Ornithology
Thomas Rymer Jones
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CHABAC. Bill moderate, with the culmen arched to the tip, which over- hangs that of the lower mandible, and the sides compressed ; the wings moderate and much rounded ; the tail more or less lengthened and broad ; the tarsi moderate, usually armed with a spur or spurs ; the toes moderate, the anterior toes united at their base by a membrane, the hind toe short and elevated. The birds of this family, some of which are among the most elegant and splendid of their class, are nearly all inhabitants... of the Eastern hemisphere, only two species being found in America ; and even in the Old World their distribution is almost exclu- sively restricted to tne warmer parts of the Asiatic continent and its dependent islands. They may all be classed under the following sub-families : the Peacocks, the true Pheasants, the Jungle-fowls, the Turkeys, and the Monauls. 362 GALLING. SUB-FAMILY I. PAVONINE. T/ie Peacocks. GEN. CHAEAC. Tail and its coverts much developed and depressed. FlG. HI. THE COMMON PEACOCK.
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