406 GALLO-GIIALL.E. 



Family NUMIDID^. 



Genus NUMIDA *. 



Linuaeus, 8yst. Nat. i. p. 273 (17(j()). 



Numida meleagris. 



Numida -melecajris, Linnaeus, t. c. p. 273 ; Elliot, Monogr. Phas. ii. 

 pi. 39 (1882). 



The Common Guinea-Fowl. 



Hah. West Africa. 



2039. »Skeletoii. 0. C. 1401). So^ith Collection. 



2040. Bones of trunk with cervical vertebrae. 0. C. 1411. 



T'rcsenfed by Sir Jo-'^ejih Banks, F'.Ii.S. 



Numida cristata. 



Numida cristata, Pallas, Sj)ic. Zool. vol. i. fasc. iv. tab. ii. p. 15 

 (1707) ; Elliot, Monogr. Phas. ii. pi. 45 (1882). 



The Chested Guinea-Fowl. 



Hah. "\\'est Africa. 



2041. Sternum of male, with shoulder-girdle, and tvncheii in sitii. 



S. P). 1246. Presented hj P. L. Sclatcr, Esq., F.R.S. 



Genus MELEAGRIS t. 



Linnaeus, Syst. Nat. i. p. 2(38 (176G). 



Meleagris gallopavo. 



Meleai/ris r/alJojmvo, Linna3us, Syst. Nat. i. p. 268 (1766) ; Elliot, 

 Monogr. Phas. i. pi. 31 (1882). 



The Common Turkey. 



Hah. N. America to Mexico. 



* f'f. -Meyer, Abbild. Vogel-Skel. i. ])1. xcix. (.Y. mitrata). 

 t Cf. Sluifelrlt, Journ, Comp. Med. 1887. 



