284 MELEAGRIDZ. 
the Game-Birds. Their large size, the peculiar form and texture of their body-feathers, 
which are truncate, and their carunculated heads and necks, separate the Turkeys from 
the rest of the true Game-Birds, and we have distinguished them accordingly. 
MELEAGRIS. 
Meleagris, Linn. Syst. Nat. i. p. 268 (1766) ; Grant, Cat. Birds Brit. Mus. xxii. p. 386 (1893). 
Agriocharis, Chapman, Bull. Amer. Mus. viii. p- 298 (1896) ; Sharpe, Hand-list Birds, i. p. 43 (1899). 
The characters for the genus are the same as those for the family. 
We recognize three species of Meleagris: of these, M. americana inhabits Southern 
Canada and the eastern States of North America*; WM. gallopavo occurs in Mexico 
and extends northwards into Texas and Arizona; and the beautiful WZ. ocellata is 
found in Yucatan, British Honduras, and Northern Guatemala. 
1. Meleagris gallopavo. 
Meleagris gallopuvo, Linn. Syst. Nat. i. p. 268°; Grant, Cat. Birds Brit. Mus. xxii. p- 387’; 
Handb. Game-Birds, ii. p. 103°; Ibis, 1902, p- 235 * ; Coues, Auk, xiv. p. 272°; Nelson, 
Auk, xvii. p. 123°. 
Meleagris mexicana, Gould, P. Z. S. 1856, p- 61"; Am. Journ. Sci. xxii. p. 189°; Edinb. New 
Phil. Journ. n.s. iv. p. 371°; Ann. & Mag. Nat. Hist. (2) xix. p. 107°; Elliot, Birds N. 
Am. ii. t. 388""; Monogr. Phas. t. 32”; Nelson, Auk, xvii. pp. 122, 123”°. 
Meleagris gallopavo mexicana, Bendire, Life Hist. N. Amer. Birds, p. 116, t. 3. fig. 15; A.O.U. 
Check-], N. Amer. Birds, 2nd ed. p. 118. 
Meleagris gallopavo, var. intermedia, Sennett, Bull. U. 8. Geol. & Geogr. Surv. v. p. 428 7°: 
Meleagris gallopavo intermedia, Grant, Ibis, 1902, p. 23577. 
Meleagris gallopavo ellioti, Sennett, Auk, ix. p. 167, t. 3" ; A. O. U. Check-l. N. Amer. Birds, 
2nd ed. p. 118”. 
Meleagris ellioti, Grant, Cat. Birds Brit. Mus. xxii. p- 888”; Handb. Game-Birds, ii. p. 105 7. 
Meleagris gallopavo merriami, Nelson, Auk, xvii. p. 120”; Goldman, Auk, xix. pp. 121-127”, 
Allen, Auk, xix. p. 311; Nelson, Auk, xix. p. 888”. 
Nigricans, sneo, cuprescenti-viridi, vel purpurascenti-sneo micans ; pectore medio plumis nigris criniformibus 
ornato; supracaudalibus rectricibusque late albo terminatis, his externis tamen fascia subterminali nigra 
medialiter metallica instructis ; capitis collique parte nuda pallide coccinea. Long. tota circa 43-0, 
ale 21-0, caude 15-5, tarsi 7-0. (Descr. exempl. typ. M. mexican, Gould. Mus. Brit.) 
Q mari similis, sed minor, gastrei plumis albo limbatis, plumis pectoris criniformibus distinguenda. Long. 
tota circa 40:0, ale 17-9, caudw 14:3, tarsi 5-3. (Deser. femine adulti ex Ciudad in Durango. Mus. 
nostr.) 
Hab. Nortn Amuurica, South-western United States, from Western Texas to Arizona? 15. 
lowlands of Southern Texas !9 2°, New Mexico 22, Rio Grande 18 and Arizona & 22 23, 
Mexico, E] Salto in Durango (Nelson 1*), Ciudad in Durango (Forrer 2), Real del 
Monte Mines’, Bolafios in Jalisco !3 (Loresi), Tamaulipas (Richardson ?°). 
* Birds from Florida have been separated asa subspecies under the name of /. gallopavo osceola ; they have 
the white bars on the primaries narrower and pale chestnut tips to the tail-feathers. 
