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RECORD: Darwin, C. R. n.d. Abstract of Jerdon, Birds of India. CUL-DAR84.2.128. Edited by John van Wyhe (Darwin Online, http://darwin-online.org.uk/)

REVISION HISTORY: Transcribed by Christine Chua and edited by John van Wyhe 2.2022. RN1

NOTE: See record in the Darwin Online manuscript catalogue, enter its Identifier here. Reproduced with permission of the Syndics of Cambridge University Library and William Huxley Darwin. The volumes CUL-DAR80-86 contain material for Darwin's book Descent of man (1871).

Darwin cited this in Descent 2: 216, n40: "Jerdon, 'Birds of India,' vol. iii. p. 507, on the peacock."

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J. C. Jerdon. Birds of India Vol 3. 1864.

p. 507 "It is a beautiful sight to come suddenly on 20 or 30 Pea-fowl, the males displaying their gorgeous trains, & strutting about in all the pomp of pride before the gratified females" –speaks of "the power of clattering the feathers in a most curious manner"

- nothing said about polygamy -

Reference:

Jerdon, Thomas Claverhill. 1862-1864. The birds of India; being a natural history of all the birds known to inhabit continental India, with descriptions of the species, genera, families, tribes, and orders, and a brief notice of such families as are not found in India, making it a manual of ornithology specially adapted for India. 2 vols. in 3. Calcutta: the author. [A copy ordered, CCD16] vol. 1 PDF vol. 2 pt. 1 PDF vol. 2 pt. 2 PDF

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