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Polyplectron, number of spurs in; display of plumage by the male; gradation of characters in; female of. Polyplectron chinquis. Polyplectron Hardwickii. Polyplectron malaccense. Polyplectron Napoleonis. Polyzoa. Pomotis. Pontoporeia affinis. Porcupine, mute, except in the rutting season. Pores, excretory, numerical relation of, to the hairs in sheep. Porpitae, bright colours of some.
Thus the several species of Polyplectron manifestly make a graduated approach to the peacock in the length of their tail-coverts, in the zoning of the ocelli, and in some other characters. Part of a tail-covert of Polyplectron chinquis, with the two ocelli of natural size. Hence I concluded that the early progenitors of the peacock could not have resembled a Polyplectron.
In all the species the ocelli on the wings and tail are either circular or oval, and consist of a beautiful, iridescent, greenish-blue or greenish-purple disc, with a black border. This border in P. chinquis shades into brown, edged with cream colour, so that the ocellus is here surrounded with variously shaded, though not bright, concentric zones.
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