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case of the wild bird, as contrasted with an evident thickness and 

 density of the bone, together with a general mellowing down of its 

 principal free edges, producing a certain lack of. sharpness, in the 

 case of the domesticated one. 



Now to compare the details, I have chosen the skull, one from my 

 series, of a fine adult male specimen of AI . g . merriami, it 



nvx.p. 



eu-i 



S'.o. 



oo. 



Fig. 33 Under view of the skull of M e 1 e a g r i s g . ni e r r i a m i ; with man- 

 dible removed. Xatiiral size, adult; from the same specimen shown in figure 31. Drawn 

 by the author, pmx. prema.xillary ; mxp, maxillopalatine; mx, maxillary; pi, palatine; 

 j, jugal; /', frontal; qj, quadratojugal, eu. Eustachian tube, anterior aperture; ht, 

 basitemporal; oc, occipital condyle; so, supraoccipital; q, quadrate; pf , postf rental; 

 pg. pterygoid; rbs, basisphenoidal rostrum; /, lacrymal ; vx, vomerine ossifications; n, 

 nasal. 



having all the features of a skull of a wild turkey well exemplified. 

 This skull I have drawn, natural size, in the present treatise [fig. 31, 

 33. 34, 36]. With the same care I have selected for illustration one 



