a remarkable bird of the grouse family. Alexander the Great is credited with having brought the common peafowl from India. In southeastern Asia the peafowl is yet a game bird, and is hunted like our wild turkey. The male or peacock is famous for a gorgeous train. The upper or covert feathers of the tail are frequently four feet in length. When the peacock struts, gobbler fashion, these feathers are erected and spread in a fan-like circle with a most dazzling effect of brilliant green and gold. The tail itself is chestnut and remains in an ordinary position. The neck and breast are colored with a peculiarly rich "peacock" blue. The head carries a crest of about twenty-four upright plumes. The total length of the bird from the point of its bill to the end of its train is about six feet. The body proper is only about two feet in length. The peahen is smaller and is modestly colored. The peafowl is now domesticated thoroughly both in the Old World and the New. Among the Greeks and Romans it was dedicated to Hera or Juno. In literature it is represented as the type of vain glory. Its flesh, like that of pheasants and grouse generally, is excellent for table use. Its voice, like that of the guineafowl, is exceedingly harsh, as though nature begrudged a sweet voice and brilliant plumage to the same bird.