56 THE TtRKEY. 



froiTi each other; they are white and spotted, like the eggs 

 of the turkey. She sits from twenty-seven to thirty 

 days. 



The loud screaming? of the Peacock are worse than the 

 harsh croakings of the raven, and a sure prognostic of bad 

 weather ; and his feet, more clumsy than those of the torkey, 

 make a sad contrast with the elegance of the rest. 



THE TUKKEY, (Meieagru GaOo-Pavo,) 



Was originally an inhabitant of America, whence he was 

 brought to Europe by some Jesuit missionaries, which ac- 

 counts for his being called a Jesuit in some parts of continental 

 Europe. Except the tuft on the head, which he does not 

 share with the peacock, and his plumage, which is very 

 different from that of the latter, he is like him in many par- 

 ticulars. The general colour of the feathers is brown and 

 bhick ; and turkeys have about the head, especially the cock, 

 naked and tuberous lumps of flesh of a bright red colour. A 

 long fleshy appendage hangs from the base of the upper 

 mandible, and seems to be lengthened and shortened at 

 pleasure. The hen lays from fifteen to twenty eggs, which 

 are whitish and freckled. The chickens are very tender, 

 and require great care and attentive nursing, before thej 

 ire able to seek their food. 



