106 LLOYD'S NATURAL HISTORY. 
Meleagris gallopavo mexicana, Bendire, N. Am. B. p. 116 
(1892) [part]. 
Meleagris elliott, Ogilvie-Grant, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. xxii. p. 388 
(1893). 
Adult Male.—Differs from typical JZ. gallopavo in having the 
feathers of the rump, upper tail-coverts, and tail tipped with 
pale rufous-buff, though it must be remarked that the colour 
of these parts varies greatly in different individuals from the 
same locality, one being nearly chestnut while another is pale 
whitish-buff. The white bars on the primary quills are much 
narrower. 
Adult Female-—Like the female of JZ. gallopavo, but the tail- 
coverts, tail, &c., tipped with rufous-buff as in the male. 
Range.—Vera-Cruz and Tamaulipas, in Eastern Mexico, and 
South-western .Texas, 
Nest.—Captain Gosse describes a nest of this sub-species 
found in Southern Texas as being a coarse structure not very 
deeply excavated, lined with grass, weeds, and leaves, and 
placed in quite an open situation in open bushy country, but 
well concealed by a few small bushes and bunches of growing 
grass. 
Eggs.—Ileven were found by Captain Gosse. 
Il. THE AMERICAN TURKEY. MELEAGRIS AMERICANA, 
Meleagris americana, Bartram, ‘Trav. p. 290 (1791); Ogilvie- 
Grant, Cat. B: Brit. Mus. xxit. p. 380 °(1593)): 
Meleagris palawa, Barton, Med. and Phys. J. li. pt. i. pp. 
163, 164 (1805). 
Meleagris silvestris, Vieillot, N. Dict. d Hist. Nat. ix. p. 447 
(1817). 
Meleagris fera, Vieillot, Gal. Ois. ii. p. 10, pl. 201 (1825). 
Meleagris gallopavo, Bonap. (ec Linn.), Am. Orn. i. p. 79, 
pl. ix. (1825); Aud. Orn. Biogr. i. pp. 1 and 33, pls. i. and 
