THE TURKEY 75 



birds; 12, the snipes, &c. ; 13, the gulls 14, the auks; 

 15, the ducks and geese ; 16, the penguins; 17, the tina- 

 mous (birds of South America which approach the ostrich 

 in the shape of the skull bones), and 18, the ostrich itself 



FIG. 21. 



THE RED BIRD OF PARADISE. 



and its allies. The species here selected in each case are 

 given merely as types ; there are, of course, many other 

 forms in each group which cannot be referred to sepa- 

 rately. 



The turkey, then, is a member of a small and peculiar 



