BIRDS OF NORTH AND MIDDLE AMERICA 445 



[Meleagris gallopavo var. amcricana] b. Americana Coues, Birds Northwest, 1874, 

 391. 



Meleagris gallopavo, var. amcricana Merriam, Trans. Connecticut Acad. Sci., iv., 

 1877, 98 (extinct in Connecticut since about 1813). — Brown, Bull. Nuttall Orn. 

 Club, iv, 1879, 12 (Coosada, Ala.). 



Meleagris gallopavo amcricana Coues, Bull. Nuttall Orn. Club, v, 1880, 100. — 

 RiDGWAY, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., iii, 1880, 195 ; Nom. North Amer. Birds, 1881, 

 No. 470a.— Wheaton, Rep. Birds Ohio, 1882, 444; 579 (descr.; distr. ; hist.; 

 syn.).— Hay, Bull. Nuttall Orn. Club, vii, 1882, 93 (Kemper County, Miss.).— 

 Agersborg, Auk, ii, 1885, 285 (se. South Dakota). 



M[eleagris] gallopavo amcricana Ridgway, Illinois State Lab. Nat. Hist. Bull. 4, 

 1881, 191 (Illinois). 



Meleagris gallipavo amcricana Coues, Check List North Amer. Birds, ed. 2, 1882, 

 No. 554. 



[Meleagris] [gallopavo] amcricana Wheaton, Rep. Birds Ohio, 1882, 444 (distr.). 



M[eleagris] g[allipavo] amcricana Coues, Key North Amer. Birds, ed. 2, 1884, 576. 



(?) Meleagris gallopavo {amcricana Coues?) Nehrling, Bull. Nuttall Orn. Club, 

 vii, 1882, 175 (se. Texas). 



Meleagris palawa Barton, Med. and Phys. Journ., ii, pt. 1, 1805, 163, 164 (based 

 on "the common wild turkey of the United States"). 



Meleagris silvestris Vieillot, Nouv. Diet. d'Hist. Nat., ix, 1817, 447 (Illinois to 

 Isthmus of Panama; Canada and central United States).— Ridgway, Proc. 

 Boston Soc. Nat. Hist., xvi, 1874, 23 (lower Wabash Valley). 



Meleagris gallopavo silvestris Dawson, Birds Ohio, 1903, 431, pi. 50, 652 (Ohio; 

 hist.; descr.; etc.). — Williams, Auk, xxi, 1904, 453 (Leon County, nw. Fla.).— 

 [Nash], Check List Vert. Ontario: Birds, 1905, 36 (Ontario; formerly common; 

 now probably extinct). — Stockard, Auk, xxii, 1905, 150 (Mississippi; nesting 

 habits, etc.).— Townsend, Mem. Nuttall Orn. Club, No. 3, 1905, 64 in text, 203 

 in text (Essex County, Mass.) ; No. 5, 1920, 97 (Essex County, Mass.; extinct). 

 — Henninger, Wils. Bull., xviii, 1906, 51 (Seneca County, Ohio; extirpated in 

 1880).— Brewster, Mem. Nuttall Orn. Club, No. 4, 1906, 175 (Cambridge, 

 Mass.). — Widmann, Birds Missouri, 1907, 83 (once common, now rare). — 

 Anderson, Proc. Davenport Acad. Sci., xi, 1907, 237 (Iowa; once common; 

 now practically extirpated). — Woodruff, Auk, xxv, 1908, 198 (Shannon County, 

 Mo., still common). — Stone, Birds New Jersey, 1908, 152 (New Jersey; hist; 

 now extinct) ; Bird Studies Cape May, i, 1937, 328 (Cape May County, N. J., 

 formerly). — Knight, Birds Maine, 1908, 206 (s. Maine, formerly). — Cory, 

 Field Mus. Nat. Hist. Publ. 131, 1909, 42 (Wisconsin, extirpated; Illinois, now 

 in southern counties only). — Macoun and Macoun, Cat. Can. Birds, ed. 2, 



1909, 234 (sw. Ontario; formerly common, now rare). — Wayne, Birds South 

 Carolina, 1910, 64 (habits; descr. of nest and eggs). — Howell, Auk, xxvii, 



1910, 301 (Walden Ridge, e. Tenn.) ; Birds Alabama, 1924, 121 ; ed. 2, 1928, 121 

 (distr.; habits; Alabama).— American Ornithologists' Union, Check-list, 

 ed. 3, 1910, 145; ed. 4, 1931, 92 (distr.).— Eaton, Birds New York, i, 1910, 379 

 (now extirpated). — Iseley, Auk, xxix, 1912, 28 (Sedgwick County, Kans., 

 formerly). — Barrows, Michigan Bird Life, 1912, 236 (formerly abundant, now 

 extirpated).— Harlow, Auk, xxix, 1912, 469 (Centre County, Pa.) ; xxxv, 1918, 

 23 (south-central Pennsylvania from Centre, Clearfield, and Lycoming Counties 

 to Somerset and Franklin Counties; also in Huntingdon County). — Forbush, 

 Game Birds, Wild-fowl and Shore Birds, 1912, 487 (history). — Cooke, Condor, 

 XV, 1913, 104 [-105], fig. 32 (map) (western range) ; Auk, xxxi, 1914, 478 

 (Caddo, Okla.; common) ; Proc. Biol. Soc. Washington, xlii, 1929, 34 (Wash- 

 ington, D. C). — Bailey, Birds Virginia, 1913, 91 (Virginia; range; breeds), — 



