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In fact, it possesses some characters in common with each of these 

 species, such as the band on the tail of the former, and an indication of 

 white on the head of the latter. This character may induce some 

 naturalists to suppose it the young of the leueoeephala, but by a careful 

 comparison all doubt will be removed, and it will be admitted to the rank 

 of a distinct species. 



The caribcea may readily be distinguished from the present species by 

 its superior size, and by being destitute of the white band on the neck ; 

 by having a reddish bill, tipped with yellow, and dark red feet. The 

 leueoeephala, in the adult state, has the whole head white above ; but as 

 it is destitute of this distinction when young, acquiring it gradually as 

 it advances in age, other discriminating characters must be employed ; 

 the tail is without a band, the bill is red with a white tip, and the feet 

 are red. 



MELEAGRIS GALLOPAVO. 



WILD TURKEY. 



[Plate IX. Male and Female.] 



Meleagris gallopavo, Linn. Si/si. i., p. 268, Sp. L Gmel. Sj/st. i., p. 732, Sp. I. 

 Lath. Ind. p. 618, Sp. 1. Temm. Hist. Nat. des Pig. et Gall. Index, iii., p. 676. — 

 Wilson, Am. Orn. vi., Index, p. xvii. Stephens, Cant, of Sn.\w's Zool. xi., 

 part I., p. 156, pi. 8. Ranzani, Elem. di Zool. iii., part i., p. 154. — Meleagris 

 si/lvestris, Vieill. Nouv. Diet, d' Hist. Nat. ix., p. 447. — Gallopavo, Aldrovandi, 

 Orn. II., p. 35, fig. on p. 39, domestic variety, Male ; fig. on p. 40, Id. Female. 

 WiLLUGBT, Orn. p. 113, pi. 27, fig. 4, dom. var. Male. Johnston, Theatrum 

 Universale de Avibus, p. 55, pi. 24, fig. 1, dom. var. Male; fig. 2, Id. Female. — 

 Briss. Av. I., p. 158, pi. 16, dom. var. Male. — Gallus indicus, Welscher Han, 

 Johnston, Th. Av. p. 83, pi. 29, fig. 1, dom. var. Male. — Gallopavo sylvestris Novce 

 Anglice, a New England Wild Turkey, Ray, Syn. p. 51, Sp. 3. — Gallapavo sylves- 

 tris, Catesby, Carolina, i., App. p. xliv. — Meleagris Americanus, the Wild Turkey, 

 Bartr. Trav. p. 290. — Gallo Pavo, Gallo Pavone volgarmente Polio d^ India ; Storia 

 degli Uccelli, ii., pi. 222, dom. crested var. Male ; pi. 223, dom. white, black- 

 spotted var. young ; pi. 224, dom. white, yellowish-spotted var. young ; pi. 225, 

 dora. black var. young; pi. 226, dom. black, white-spotted var. young. — Coc. 

 d'Inde, Belon, Histoire de la Nature des Oiseaux, p. 248, with fig. dom. var. 

 Male. — Dindon, Buff. Ois. ii., p. 132, pi. 3. — PL Enl. 97, dom. whitish var. 

 Male. — Temm. Hist. Nat. des Pig. et Gall, ii., p. 374. Gerardin, Tabl. Elem. 

 d' Orn. II., p. 103, pi. 21, fig. 2, dom. var. Male. — Turkic, Josselyn, Voyages to 

 New England, p. 99. — New England's Parities, p. 8. Wild Turkey, Clayton, 

 Virginia, Phil. Trans, xvii., p. 992. Id. Abrigd.iii., p. 590. Lawson, Carolina, 

 p. 149. Penn. Phil. Trans. Lxxi., p. 67. Arct. Zool. Sp. 178. — American 

 Thirkey, Lath. Syn. ii., part ii., p. 676, Sp. 1. — Domestic Turkey, Penn. Brit. 

 Zool. I., Sp. 97. 



The native country of the Wild Turkey extends from the north- 



