the Peacock; a genus of birds belonging to the order of gallinaceous. See ORNITHOLOGY Index.

in Astronomy, a constellation in the southern hemisphere, unknown to the ancients, and not visible in our latitude. It consists of 14 stars, of which the names and situations are as follows:

| Sign | Longitude | Latitude South | Magnitude | |------|-----------|----------------|-----------| | The eye of the peacock | 20° 36' 11" | 18° 2 | 2 | | In the breast | 24° 41' 56" | 21° 3 | 3 | | In the right wing | 18° 45' 52" | 34° 3 | 3 | | In the middle | 3° 42' 28" | 29° 8 | 3 | | In the root of the tail, first | 3° 53' 24" | 13° 5 | 5 |

See ASTRONOMY.