4S. mi:[>i:a<;ius. 389 



Meleapris ftallopavo ellioti, Heunett, Aide, \f<'.)-2, p. lt';7, ],1. iii. [E. 

 Mexico & S. Texas]. 



Adult male. Differs from M. rfnllopavo in having the feathers of 

 the lower rump, upper and under tail-coverts, and tail-feathers 

 tipped with pale rufous buff (though it must be remarked that the 

 colour varies greatly in different specimens from the same locality, 

 in one it is almost chestnut while in another it is pale whitish buff). 

 The white bars on the primaries are much narrower than in J/, r/al- 

 lopavo, and not so wide as in JI. americana. 



Adult female. Differs from the male in the same points as the 

 female of M. gallopavo. 



}Jah. Vera Cruz and Tamaulipas, Eastern Mexico, and South- 

 west Texas. 



a-c. (S ad. et Tamaulipas, Mexico ( IV. B. Salvin-Godman CoU. 



imm. sk. I{icAard.so>i). 



d'(j. S ad. et Hidalgo, Texas, April (P. B. Salvin-Godman Coll. 



vix ad. sk. Armstrong). 



2. Meleagris americana. 



Gallopavo svhestris, Catexhi/, Carol, i. App. p. xliv (1730) ; Briss. 

 Orn. V. p." 102 (1760) ; Leconte, P. Ac. Phdud. ix. p. 179 (1857). 



The Turkey, Pennant, PhU. Trans. Ixxi. p. 79 (1781) [North 

 America]. 



Meleagris americana,* Bnrlram, Trav. p. 290 (1791) [Pennsylvania] ; 

 Hildr. Am. J. Sci. xxix. p. 85 (183G) [Virginia]; Grai/, Hand-l. 

 B. ii. p. 262 (1870) ; Loumis, Bull. Nutt. On,. C. iv. p. 217 (1879) 

 [S. Carolina]. 



Meleagris palawa, Barton, Med. ^- Phys. J. ii. pt. i. pp. 163— t (1805) 

 [United States]. 



Meleagris silvestri?, Vieill. X. Diet, d'llist. Xat. ix. p. 447 (1817). 



Meleajrris fera, Ti<-ill. Gal. Ois. ii. p. 10, pi. 201 (1825) ; Grai/, List 

 Gallince Brit. Miis. p. 42 (1867). 



Meleagris gallopavo, Bonap. (nee Linn.) Am. Orn. i. p. 79, pi. ix. 

 (1825) ; Aud. Orn. Biog. i. pp. 1 & 33, pis. i. & vi. (1831) [distri- 

 bution] ; Nutt. Man. i". p. IW8 (1832) : Hitchc. Rep. Geol. Mass. 

 p. 549 (1833) [Massachusetts] ; Jard. Xaf. Lib.. Orn. iii. p. 117, pis. 

 1. ^; ii. (1836) ; And. B. Am. v. p. 42, pis. 287, 288 (1842) ; Thumps. 

 IliH. Vermont, p. 101 (1842) [S. ^'ermontJ ; Linsl. Am. J. Hci. 

 xliv. p. 264 (1843) New England] : De Kai/, Zf>ol. X. Y. p. 199, 

 pi. 76. fig. 172 (1844) ; Grag, List of B. pt. iii. Gall. p. 29 (1844) ; 

 And. Orn. Biog. v. p. 559 (1849) 'Mas.*acluisetts, Vermont, Maine 

 (now extinct )" ; Ma.i: J. f. O. 1858, p. 426 ; Helat. P. Z. S. 1863, 

 p. 125: AlUn,Mem.Bost. Soc. i. p. 500 (1868) I'lowa]: Caton, 

 Am. Xat. iii. p. ■2S (1869), vii. p. 431 (1873); Alfen, Bull. Mus. 

 C. Z. ii. p. 342 (1871) 'part.], iii. p. 181 (1872) [Kansas]; Trippe, 

 Pr. Bust. -Soc. XV. p. 240 (1872) [Iowa] ; Elliot, Mon. Phas.i. pi. 30 

 (1872): Snow, B. Kansas, no. 193 (1873); Hatch, Pr. Minn. 

 Acad. i. p. 61 (1874) [S. Minnesota]; Brewer, P. Bust. Soc. 

 xvii. p. 445 (1875); Men: Her. B. Conn. p. 99 (1877); ScoU, 

 Bull. Xutt. Orn. C. iv. p. 147 (1879) [\V. Missouri] ; Stearns Sr 

 Coues, X. Enijl. B. L. ii. p. 143 (1883) lextinct]: A. O. V. Chech- 

 list, p. 177 (1886) ; Breirst. Auk, iii. p. 103 (1886) [W. X. CaroUna] ; 



* No description, but as the name has been freqnently used I have retained it. 



