586 GEOLOGICAL SUKVEY OF NEW JERSEY. 



county, but so very few that it is perhaps hardly correct to con- 

 sider it as any longer represented in the State fauna. Formerly 

 it was very abundant throughout the State. Several attempts 

 have been made to restock the State with this species, and in a 

 measure these attempts would be successful, but it appears im- 

 possible to prevent them from being shot during May, when they 

 are breeding, and are comparatively tame" (1868). 



Family PHASIANIDJE. 



Turkeys. 



MELBAGEIS, L. 



M. gallopavo, L. Wild Turkey. 



Glossy, coppery black. Length, 48 inches; tail, 18 inches. 

 Now extinct, or nearly so, in the more-settled regions of the 

 Atlantic coast. Our domestic turkey is descended from a Mexi- 

 can variety. Jordan. 



GALLUS. 

 G. bankiva. 



The jungle fowl of India, supposed to be the ancestral stock 

 from which our domestic fowls (G. domestica) have been derived. 

 A description of the races and breeds is foreign to this list. 

 Other species commonly kept in a domesticated state and derived 

 from Asiatic or African species, are Pavo cristatus, the peacock 

 Numida meleagris, the guinea fowl ; Phasianus colchicus, com- 

 mon pheasant. 



