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* Sir John Hawkins, speaking of the dance called the Pavon, from pavo, a peacock, says, "It is a grave and majestic dance; the method of dancing it anciently was by gentlemen dressed with caps and swords, by those of the long robe in their gowns, by the peers in their mantles, and by the ladies in gowns with long trains, the motion whereof, in dancing, resembled that of a peacock."
I know that Gallus bankiva frequents drier and more open situations than Pavo muticus, which in Java is found among grassy and leafy vegetation corresponding with the colours of the two females.
Have you looked at that Odontoglossum Pavo, and if so, what do you think of it?" and he nodded towards a plant which stood in the centre of the little group that was placed on the small table beneath the auctioneer's desk. It bore a spray of the most lovely white flowers. "Yes, master, and I think it the beautifullest thing that ever I saw.
S.S." "Now, Woodden," he went on, when he had given the card to an attendant who passed it up to the auctioneer, "don't you make a fool of yourself and let that 'Pavo' slip through your fingers." In another instant he was gone. "What did the master say, sir?" asked Woodden of me. "That I was to get that there 'Paving' whatever it cost?" "Yes," I said, "that's what he said.
Into the greenhouse we did not enter, because it was too late to see the flowers. Also, just when we came to them, Woodden arrived in his four-wheeled cab and departed with his master to see to the housing of "O. Pavo." Then came dinner, a very pleasant meal. My host had that day been turned out upon the world, but he did not allow this circumstance to interfere with his spirits in the least.
"Perhaps you could tell me, sir," he said to me, "whether a gentleman called Mr. Somers is in this room. I am rather short-sighted and there are a great many people." "Yes," I answered, "he has just bought the wonderful orchid called 'Odontoglossum Pavo. That is what they are all talking about." "Oh, has he? Has he indeed? And pray what did he pay for the article?" "A huge sum," I answered.
Partridges, living in triplets; spring coveys of male; distinguishing persons. Parus coeruleus. Passer, sexes and young of. Passer brachydactylus. Passer domesticus. Passer montanus. Patagonians, self-sacrifice by; marriages of. Patterson, Mr., on the Agrionidae. Patteson, Bishop, decrease of Melanesians. Paulistas of Brazil. Pavo cristatus. Pavo muticus, possession of spurs by the female.
The hollow tap of the woodpecker; the clear flute note of the Pavo del monte; the discordant shriek of the macaw; the shrill chirr of the wild Guinea fowl; and the chattering of the paroquets, began to be heard from the wood.
Krause, on a convoluted body at the extremity of the tail in a Macacus and a cat. Kupffer, Prof., on the affinity of the Ascidia to the Vertebrata. Labidocera Darwinii, prehensile organs of the male. Labrus, splendid colours of the species of. Labrus mixtus, sexual differences in. Labrus pavo. Lacertilia, sexual differences of. Lafresnaye, M. de, on birds of paradise.
In India it is a universal belief among sportsmen that wherever peafowls are common, there tiger will be found. A very beautiful variety which seems to have arisen abruptly in domestication is the so-called "japanned" or black-shouldered peacock named Pavo nigripennis by Mr. Sclater.
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