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p. 290— Mr. Swinhoe has recently ascertained that the Pavo nigripennis is found wild in Cochin China, and is the only species there. See Ibis 1868 pt. IV and P.ZS. 1868.

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[Variation 1: 290: "This form has lately been named on the high authority of Mr. Sclater as a distinct species, viz. Pavo nigripennis, which he believes will hereafter be found wild in some country, but not in India, where it is certainly unknown."
R. Swinhoe & P. L. Sclater. [Letters]. 1868. Proceedings of the zoological society, pp. 530-31: Swinhoe: "He had also seen there in confinement the Black-winged Peafowl (Pavo nigripennis, Scalter*), and had subsequently ascertained that this was the ordinary species of Cochin-China." Sclater: "*P.Z.S. 1860, p. 221 et 1863, p. 123. See Mr. Darwin's remark on the interest attached to this species, 'Animals and Plants under Domestication,' vol. i. p. 290"]