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Family MELEAGRIDIDAE. Turkeys. 



Genus MELEAGRIS Linnaeus. 



Meleagris Linnaeus, Syst. Nat., ed. 10, I, 175S, 156. Type, by subs. 

 desig., Meleagris gallopavo Linnaeus (Gray, 1840). 



M eleagris gallopavo Linnaexs. Wild Turkey. 



Meleagris Gallopavo Linnaeus, Syst. Nat., ed. 10, I, 1758, 156. 



Modern form reported from Pleistocene: Hartman, or Crystal Hill Caves, 

 and Durham Cave, Bucks County, and caves near Carlisle, Pennsylvania; 

 caves of Tennessee; fissure beds, Arkansas; Seminole Field, Sarasota, 

 Bradenton, Itchtucknee River, Vero, Melbourne, and cavern deposits at 

 Ocala and Lecanto, Florida. 



Meleagris antiqua Marsh. 



Meleagris antiquus Marsh, Amer. Journ. Sci., ser. 3, II, Aug., 1871, 126. 

 Oligocene (White River); "G Ranch," Colorado. 



Meleagris celer Marsh. 



Meleagris celer Marsh, Amer. Journ. Sci., ser. 3, IV, Oct., 1872, 261. 

 Pleistocene: Monmouth County, New Jersey. 



Meleagris richmondi Shufeldt. 



Meleagris richmondi Shufeldt, Trans. Conn. Acad. Arts Sci., XIX, Feb., 

 1915, 67, pi. II, fig. 19. 



Pleistocene: near Mission San Jose, California. 



Meleagris superba Cope. 



Meleagris superbus Cope, Trans. Amer. PhUos. Soc, n. s., XIV, Pt. i, 

 Dec, 1870, 239. 



Pleistocene: Monmouth County, New Jersey; Frankstown and Port Ken- 

 nedy Caves, Pennsylvania. 



Meleagris tridens Wetmore. 



Meleagris tridens Wetmore, Smiths. Misc. Coll., 85, No. 2, April 13, 1931, 

 33, fig. 13. 



Pleistocene: Seminole Field, Pinellas County, Florida. 



