. The Avicultural magazine. Aviculture; Birds; Cage birds. 234 Mr. R. I. PocoCK, sound when showing off in this fashion ; but the display of the second kind, in my experience far the commoner of the two, is frequently heralded by a chirping sort of whistle which brings the hen running to his side as if expecting food. The attitude of this second and prevalent display is very remarkable. The cock faces tlie hen, raises and spreads the tail and wings, thus bringing the rows of ocelli into full view, and. FRONTAI< DISPLAY OF THK PKACOCK-PHEASANT. (Fig. 2). at the same time tilts up the back un
. The Avicultural magazine. Aviculture; Birds; Cage birds. 234 Mr. R. I. PocoCK, sound when showing off in this fashion ; but the display of the second kind, in my experience far the commoner of the two, is frequently heralded by a chirping sort of whistle which brings the hen running to his side as if expecting food. The attitude of this second and prevalent display is very remarkable. The cock faces tlie hen, raises and spreads the tail and wings, thus bringing the rows of ocelli into full view, and. FRONTAI< DISPLAY OF THK PKACOCK-PHEASANT. (Fig. 2). at the same time tilts up the back until it is quite vertical and in the same plane as the eiect tail, lucks the head and neck back and down between the bases of the wings and lowers the throat to the ground so that the legs are entirely concealed from view in front. In this position the bird looks, not like a bird at all» but like an irregularly triangular speckly-brown shield adorned with transversely arcuate bands of ocelli form studs (fig 2). Thus this display of the Peacock-pheasant is essentially * frontal' and dorsal. Apart from certain minor features, like the. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Avicultural Society. [Ascot, Berkshire, etc. , Avicultural Society, etc. ]
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