390 THASIANIDiE. 



Ridyw. Man. N. Amer. B. p. 207 (1887) [part., nee Florida] ; 

 Bendire, N. Am. B. p. 112, pi. iii. fig. 14 (1892) [part., nee Florida]. 

 Meleafi-ris gallopavo, var. americana, Coues, Key N. A. B. p. 232 

 (1872): id. B. N.-West, p. 391 (1874) [8. Minnesota, Iowa, 

 Kansas, Indian Ter., Texas] ; Merr. Tr. Connect. Ac. iv. p. 98 

 (1877) [Connecticut, extinct] ; Brown, Bull. Nidt. Orn. C. iv. p. 12 



(1879) [Alabama]. 



Meleagris gallopavo, var. gaUopavo, Baird, Brew., ^ Ridgw. N. Amer. 



B. iii. p. 404 (1874). 

 Meleagris gallopavo, var. occidentalis, Allen, Bull. Nutt. Orn. C. i. 



p. 55 (1876) [extinct in New England]. 

 Meleagris gallipavo americana, Coues, Bull. Nuit. Orn. C. v. p. 100 



(1880) ; Nehrl. Bull. Nutt. Orn. C. vii. p. 175 (1882) [S.E. Texas] ; 

 Hay, Bull. Nutt. Orn. C. viii. p. 93 (1882) [Lower Mississippi] ; 

 Ridyw. Bull. Nutt. Orn. C. viii. p. 21 (1882) [Indiana]; Beckh. 

 J. Cine. Sac. vi. p. 145 (1883) [Kentuckv] ; Nehrl. J. f. 0. 1883, 

 p. 275 [Illinois] ; Bailey, Bull. Nutt. Orn. C. viii. p. 41 (1883) 

 [Georgia] ; Coues, Key N. A. B. p. 576 (1884) ; Ayersh. Auk, ii. 

 p. 285 (1885) [S.E. Dakota]. 



Meleagris gallipavo, Koch, MT. orn. Ver. Wien, 1889, pp. 129-134 

 [Pennsylvania]. 



Adult male. Differs chiefly from M. gallopavo in having the 

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

 tijiped with deep chestnut-maroon, and the white bars on the wings 

 a trifle narrower. 



Adult female. Is perfectly similar in plumage to the male, but 

 the feathers of the lower back and underparts are fringed with 

 chestnut ; the feathers of the nape extend to the crown, and the 

 pectoral hunch and spurs are wanting. 



Bah. Eastern United States of North America, ranging north to 

 Southern Canada, south to Georgia and Eastern Texas, and west to 

 the edge of the Great Plains. 



a-c. (J 5 ad. St. North America. 



d. 2 ad. sk. North America, July Audubon CoU. 



{Vif count Guye). 



e. Skeleton. Canada. E. K. Karslake, Esq. [P.]. 

 f,y. Skeletons. 



Subsp. a. Meleagris osceola. 



Meleagiis occidentalis *, Bartram, Trav. p. 83 (1791) [near Pincolata, 



Florida]. 

 Meleagi-is gallopavo, Allen (nee Liyin.), Bull. Mus. C. Z. ii. p. 342 



(1871) [E. Florida]. 

 Meleagris gallopavo osceola, Scott, Avk, 1890, p. 376 [Tarpon Springs, 



Florida]. 



Adult male. Distinguished from M. americana by the very narrow 

 white bands on the quills, and the paler chestnut tij^s to the tail- 

 coverts. 



Hah. Florida. 



a, b. <J ad. sk. Tarpon Springs, Florida, Feb., Salviu-Godman Coll. 

 Mar. ( W. E. IJ. Scott). 



* Wo description, and the name is misleading, the subspecies being only 

 found in the eastern State of Florida. 



