See also:

• PEACOCK (Lat. Pavo, O. Eng. Pawe, Du. pauuw, Ger. Pfau, Fr. Paon)
• PEACOCK, GEORGE (1791–1858)
• PEACOCK, SIR BARNES (1810-189o)
• PEACOCK, THOMAS LOVE (1785-1866)

PEACOCK (See also:

• LAT

Lat. Pavo, O. Eng. Pawe, Du. pauuw, Ger. Pfau, Fr. Paon)  , the See also:

• BIRD

bird so well known from the splendid plumage of the male, and as the proverbial personification of See also:

• PRIDE, THOMAS (d. 1658)

pride . It is a native of the See also:

• INDIAN

Indian See also:

• PENINSULA
• PENINSULA (Lat. paeninsula, from paene, almost, and insula, an island)

peninsula and See also:

• CEYLON

Ceylon, in some parts of which it is very abundant . Setting aside its importation to See also:

• PALESTINE

Palestine by See also:

• SOLOMON, ODES OF
• SOLOMON, PSALMS OF

Solomon (1 See also:

• KINGS, FIRST AND SECOND BOOKS OF

Kings x . 22; 2 Chron. ix . 21), its See also:

• ASSIGNMENT, ASSIGNATION, ASSIGNEE

assignment in classical See also:

• MYTHOLOGY

mythology as the favourite bird of See also:

• HERA

Hera testifies to the See also:

• EARLY
• EARLY, JUBAL ANDERSON (1816-1894)

early acquaintance the Greeks must have had with it; but, though it is mentioned by See also:

• ARISTOPHANES
• ARISTOPHANES (c. 448–385 B.e.1)

Aristophanes and other older writers, their knowledge of it was probably very slight until after the conquests of See also:

• ALEXANDER
• ALEXANDER (1461-1506)
• ALEXANDER (ALEXANDER OF BATTENBERG) (1857-1893)
• ALEXANDER (ALEXANDER OsxENOVici) (1876-1903)
• ALEXANDER, ARCHIBALD (1772—1851)
• ALEXANDER, FRANCIS (1800—1881)
• ALEXANDER, GEORGE (1858— )
• ALEXANDER, JOHN WHITE (1856- )
• ALEXANDER, JOSEPH ADDISON (18o9—186o)
• ALEXANDER, SIR JAMES EDWARD (1803—1885)
• ALEXANDER, WILLIAM (1824— )
• ALEXANDER, WILLIAM LINDSAY (1808—1884)

Alexander . Throughout all succeeding See also:

• TIME (0. Eng. Lima, cf. Icel. timi, Swed. timme, hour, Dan. time; from the root also seen in " tide," properly the time of between the flow and ebb of the sea, cf. O. Eng. getidan, to happen, " even-tide," &c.; it is not directly related to Lat. tempus)
• TIME, MEASUREMENT OF
• TIME, STANDARD

time, however, it has never very freely rendered itself tq domestication, and, though in earlier days highly esteemed for the table,' it is no longer considered the delicacy it was once thought; the See also:

• YOUNG
• YOUNG, A
• YOUNG, ARTHUR (1741-1820)
• YOUNG, BRIGHAM (1801-1877)
• YOUNG, CHARLES MAYNE (1777–1856)
• YOUNG, EDWARD (1683–1765)
• YOUNG, JAMES (1811-1883)
• YOUNG, THOMAS (1773-1829)

young of the See also:

• WILD, JONATHAN (c. 1682-1725)

wild birds are, however, still esteemed in the See also:

• EAST
• EAST, ALFRED (1849- )

East . As in most cases of domestic animals, pied or See also:

• WHITE
• WHITE, ANDREW DICKSON (1832– )
• WHITE, GILBERT (1720–1793)
• WHITE, HENRY KIRKE (1785-1806)
• WHITE, HUGH LAWSON (1773-1840)
• WHITE, JOSEPH BLANCO (1775-1841)
• WHITE, RICHARD GRANT (1822-1885)
• WHITE, ROBERT (1645-1704)
• WHITE, SIR GEORGE STUART (1835– )
• WHITE, SIR THOMAS (1492-1567)
• WHITE, SIR WILLIAM ARTHUR (1824--1891)
• WHITE, SIR WILLIAM HENRY (1845– )
• WHITE, THOMAS (1628-1698)
• WHITE, THOMAS (c. 1550-1624)

white varieties of the See also:

• ORDINARY (med. Lat. ordinarius, Fr. ordinaire)

ordinary See also:

• PEACOCK (Lat. Pavo, O. Eng. Pawe, Du. pauuw, Ger. Pfau, Fr. Paon)
• PEACOCK, GEORGE (1791–1858)
• PEACOCK, SIR BARNES (1810-189o)
• PEACOCK, THOMAS LOVE (1785-1866)

peacock, Pavo cristatus, are not infrequently to be seen, and they are valued as curiosities . Greater See also:

• INTEREST

interest, however, attends what is known as the See also:

• JAPANESE

Japanese or See also:

• JAPAN

Japan peacock, a See also:

• FORM (Lat. forma)

form which has received the name of P. nigripennis, as though it were a distinct See also:

• SPECIES

species . In this form the See also:

• COCK, EDWARD (1805-1892)

cock, besides other less conspicuous See also:

• DIFFERENCES, CALCULUS OF (Theory of Finite Differences)

differences, has all the upper wing-coverts of a deep lustrous See also:

• BLUE (common in different forms to most European languages)

blue instead of being mottled with See also:

• BROWN
• BROWN, CHARLES BROCKDEN (1771-181o)
• BROWN, FORD MADOX (1821-1893)
• BROWN, FRANCIS (1849- )
• BROWN, GEORGE (1818-188o)
• BROWN, HENRY KIRKE (1814-1886)
• BROWN, JACOB (1775–1828)
• BROWN, JOHN (1715–1766)
• BROWN, JOHN (1722-1787)
• BROWN, JOHN (1735–1788)
• BROWN, JOHN (1784–1858)
• BROWN, JOHN (1800-1859)
• BROWN, JOHN (1810—1882)
• BROWN, JOHN GEORGE (1831— )
• BROWN, ROBERT (1773-1858)
• BROWN, SAMUEL MORISON (1817—1856)
• BROWN, SIR GEORGE (1790-1865)
• BROWN, SIR JOHN (1816-1896)
• BROWN, SIR WILLIAM, BART
• BROWN, THOMAS (1663-1704)
• BROWN, THOMAS (1778-1820)
• BROWN, THOMAS EDWARD (1830-1897)
• BROWN, WILLIAM LAURENCE (1755–1830)

brown and white, while the See also:

• HEN

hen is of a more or less grizzled-white . It " breeds true "; but occasionally a presumably pure stock of birds of the usual coloration throws out one or more having the Japan plumage . It is to be observed that the male has in the coloration of the parts mentioned no little resemblance to that of the second indubitably See also:

• GOOD, JOHN MASON (1764-1827)

good species, the P. muticus (or P. spicifer of some writers) of See also:

• BURMA

Burma and See also:

• JAVA

Java, though the See also:

• CHARACTER (Gr. xapareri7p, from xap&crew, to scratch)

character of the latter's See also:

• CREST
• CREST (Lat. crista, a plume or tuft)

crest—the feathers of which are barbed along their whole length instead of at the tip only—and its ' Classical authors contain many allusions to its high appreciation at the most sumptuous banquets; and See also:

• MEDIEVAL

medieval bills of fare on See also:

• STATE
• STATE, GREAT OFFICERS OF

state occasions nearly always include it . In the days of See also:

• CHIVALRY (O. Fr. chevalerie, from Late Lat. caballerius)

chivalry one of the most See also:

• SOLEMN (Lat. sollemnis, sollemnis, less correctly solennis, yearly, annual; from sollus = totus, whole, entire, Gr. Mos., and annus, year)

solemn oaths was taken " on the peacock," which seems to have been served up garnished with its See also:

• GAUDY

gaudy plumage .