CRACID^. 207 



coarse black bristles depending from centre of chest, and with leg-spur 



shorter than hind-toe, conical, and blunt. Adult male : Length about 48.00- 



50.00, wing 21.00, tail 18.50, weight 16-40 pounds. Adult female considerably 



smaller (average weight about 12 pounds), the colors duller. 



h^. Tail tipped with deep rust}^, its coverts and feathers of lower rump tipped 



with rich dark chestnut. Eggs 2.55 X 1-79. Hab. Eastern United 



States, north to southern Canada, south to Florida and eastern Texas, 



west to edge of Great Plains. 



310. M. gallopavo (Linn.). Wild Turkey. 



6^ Tail, tail-coverts, and feathers of lower rump tipped with buffy whitish. 



Eggs 2.35 X 1-79. Hah. Table-lands of Mexico, and north to southern 



border of United States (western Texas to Arizona) ; south to Vera 



Cruz (temperate region). 



310a. M. gallopavo mexicana (Gould). Mexican Turkey. 

 Tail and its coverts tipped with intensely brilliant metallic copper-bronze; 

 ground-color of tail ash-gray ; feathers of lower back and rump rich steel- 

 blue, those of lower pai'ts bronzy black — all tipped with intensely rich metallic 

 golden and coppery bronze ; greater wnng-coverts brilliantly metallic copper- 

 bronze, without black tips. Adult male without beard-like tuft on chest, and 

 with leg-spur longer (in older birds much longer) than hind-toe, thorn-shaped 

 and very sharp. Size considerably less than in the more northern species. 

 Sab. Yucatan and adjacent portions of Honduras (and Guatemala?). 



M. ocellata Temm. Ocellated Turkey.' 



Family CRACID^. — The Curassows and Guans. (Pago 184.) 



Genera. 



Cere wholly naked, the nostrils exposed ; tarsi entirely naked. (Subfamily 



Cracinm.) 

 ¥. Bill very stout, its depth through base equal to or greater than chord of 

 culmen, the top of the cere elevated, distinctly arched; feathers of crest 

 recurved at tips ; throat mostly feathered. (Very large : length 2^ to 3 



feet.) .. Crax.^ 



h^. Bill much weaker, its depth through base less than chord of culmen, the top 

 of cere not distinctly elevated nor arched ; feathers of crest (if any) not 

 recurved at tip ; throat naked, except a median narrow strip. 

 &. Larger (length about 2i to 3 feet) ; throat with a more or less distinct 

 median " dewlap." 

 cP. Sexes alike in color, brownish above, striped with whitish be- 

 neath Penelope.^ 



1 Meleagris ocellata Temm., PI. Col. livr. 19, 1838, pi. 112. 



2 Crax Linn., S. N. ed. 10, i. 1758, 157. Type, C. rubra Linn., = C. glohicera Linn, ct AncT. 



3 Penelope Merrem, Aves Icon, et Descr. ii. 1786, 40. Type, Meleagris cristata Linn. 



