Tudomásom szerint ezen faj osteologiájáról, 

 de sőt még a többi pulykák {Meleagridde) 

 összehasonlító osteologiájáról senki sem irt. 

 Jelen tanulmány czélja ezt a hiányt pótolni. 

 Vizsgálataimat a már említett Agriocharis- 

 csontvázakra és mintegy 40—50, részben 

 recens, részben fossilis, a i^/efe«r/m-genusba 

 tartozó faj és alfaj csontvázaira alapítottam, a 

 melyek az United States Natií)nal Museum-ban, 

 a new-yorki American Museum of Natural 

 History és a Yale University Peabody-Museumá- 

 ban rendelkezésemre állottak. Ezekben a gyűj- 

 teményekben a tyúk-félék {(iallinae) csont- 

 vázának összehasonlító vizsgálatára gazdag 

 anyag található. 



Az utolsó harminc-harmincöt év folyamán 

 több adalékot közöltem a pulykák és rokonaik 

 osteologiájáról ; számos ilyen közleményem 

 tudományos kiadványokban jelent meg és 

 ezekre utalok, mint a jelen dolgozatomban 

 felsorolandó adatok kútforrására.^ 



baie de Hondiu'as {Meleatjris ocellata Cuv.)" (Mém. 

 du Mu8. d'Hist. Nat. VI, 1820, pp. 1—4, pl. 1), továbbá 

 S. Cabot két ismert munkája, ;i melyek egjike a 

 ■Proe. Kost. Soc. Nat. Hist, I, 184L', pp. 73—74, (On 

 Midcayris ocifUata), másika pedig , Observations ou 

 the Characters and Habits of the Ocellated Turkey" 

 (Meleagris ocellata Cuv.) czim alatt a Journal of the 

 Boston Society of Natural History 1842. évi IV. köte 

 tében (pt. II, pp. 24G -251) jelent meg. 



^ SnuPELDT, R. W. „Osteology of tlie North Ame- 

 rican Tetraonidae". U. S. Geog. and Geol. Sur. Terr. 

 Dept. of Interior Bull. Washington, D. C, Feb. 11, 

 1881, V. 6, No. 1, pp. 653—718, pis. 5-13. 



— „Contributions to the Anatomy of Bird.s'. 12'h 

 Ann. Report of the late U. S. Geol. and Geogr. 

 Surv. Terr. (Hayden's), Washington Gov't Printing 

 Office, Oct. 14, 1882 (Author's Ed.) 8 v., title and 

 pp. 593 — 806, pi. 1—24. Sok metszet a szövegben. 



— „A Critical Comparison of a Series of Skulls of 

 the Wild and Domesticated Turkeys" {M. g. mej-icana 

 and M. g. domestica) Journ.-Comp. Med. and Surg. 

 New York, July, 1887. v. 8.. art 20, No. 3, pp. 207— 

 222, 7 tigs. 



— „Osteology of Birds". Educ. Dept. Bull N. V. 

 State Mus., Mus. Bull. 130, No. 447, May 15, 1909, 

 Albany, N. Y. 141. 367. Sok tábla és metszet. A 

 Meleagridaegenus osteologiája: pp. 210 — 227. 



— „The Extermination of the Wild Turkey in the 

 State of Virginia". The Ank, vol. XXVII. No. 1, Camb. 

 Mass. Jan. 1911, pp. 144—146. 



the osteology of this species has never been 

 touched upon, uiucli less compared with liiat 

 of any of the other species of the Meleagridae. 

 It is such an account that the present paper 

 will undertake to set forth, and the material 

 for the purpose consists of the aforesaid 

 skeleton of Agriocharis, as well as some forty 

 or fifty skeletons, or parts of skeletons — both 

 recent and fossil — of species and subs])ecies 

 of the genus Meleagris, belonging to the 

 United States National Museum, the American 

 Museum of Natural History of New York City, 

 and the Peabody Museum of Yale University. 

 There are also at hand a large collection 

 of the skeletons of other representatives of 

 the (iallinae for comparison. 



At difl'erent times during the last twenty- 

 five or thirty years, I have published contri- 

 butions that have touched more or less exten- 

 sively upon the osteology of turkeys and 

 their allies ; and as many of these are to be 

 found in scientific libraries, they may be con- 

 sulted in connection with the data set forth 

 in the present paper. ^ 



duced in other French joumala of the time, the ori- 

 ginal being entitled „Description d'une nouvelle espéce 

 de dindon de la baie de Honduras. {Meleagris oecllata 

 Cuv.)" (Mém. du Mus. d'Hist. Nat. VI. 1820, pp. 1—4, 

 pl. I), and the two well known papers by S. Cabot, 

 Jr., one in the Proc. Bost. Soc. Nat. Hist. 1, 1842, 

 pp. 73, 74 {On Meleagris ocellata), and the other 

 entitled „Observations on the Characters and Habits 

 of the Ocellated Turkey" {Meleagris ocellata Cov.), 

 in the Journal of the Boston Society of Natural His- 

 tory (IV, pt. H, 1842, pp. 246—251). 



■' SuuFELDT R. W. „Osteology of the North American 

 Tetraonidae." U. S. Geog. and Geol. Sur. Terr. Dept. 

 of Interior Bull. Washington, 1). C, Feb. 11, 1881, 

 v. 6, No. 1, pp. 653—718, pis. 5—13. 



— „Contributions to the Anatomy of Birds." 12'h Ann. 

 Report of the late U. S. Geol. and Geogr. Surv. Terr. 

 (Hayden's), Washington Gov't Printing Office, Oct. 14, 

 1882 (Authors Ed.) v. 8, title and pp. 593—806, 

 pi. 1 — 24. Many cuts in te.xt. 



— „A Critical Comparison of a Series of Skulls of 

 the Wild and Domesticated Turkeys" {M. g. ìneai- 

 cana and M. g. domestica). Jour. Comp. Med. and 

 Surg. New York, July, 1887, v. 8, art. 20, No. 3, 

 pp. 207—222. 7 hgs. 



— „Osteology of Birds." Educ. Dept. Bidl. N. Y. 

 State Mus., Mus. Bull. 130, No. 447, May 15, 1909, 

 Albany, N. Y., pp. 367. Many plates and cuts. Osteo- 

 logy of the Meleagridae on pp. 210—227. 



— „The Extermination of the Wild Turkey in the 

 State of Virginia." 7'/ie .4î(fc, vol. XXVII, No. 1, Camb. 

 Mass., Jan. 1911, pp. 144-146. 



