IIO LLOYD’S NATURAL HISTORY. 
of the hens. The love-season begins in Florida about the 
middle of February and lasts for about three months, and 
during this period the gobblers frequently utter their call and 
are then easily decoyed within gun-shot. Native hunters have 
informed me that the hens roost by themselves at this season 
of the year.” 
Nest and Eggs.—Similar to those of AZ. americana described 
above. 
III THE HONDURAS TURKEY. MELEAGRIS OCELLATA. 
Meleagris ocellata, Cav. Mém. Mus. d’Hist. Nat. vi. p. 1, pl. i. 
(1820); Temm. Pl. Col. v. pl. 16[No. 112] (1824); Elliot; 
Monogr. Phasian. i. pl. 33 (1872); Ogilvie-Grant, Cat. B. 
Brit. Mus. xxii. p. 391 (1893). 
Melzagris aureus, Vieillot, Tabl. Encycl. Meéth. i. p. 361 (1823). 
; (Plate XXX7.) 
Adult Male-——Feathers of mantle, scapulars, chest, and 
flanks dbrass-green, shading into purplish-black towards the 
extremity, which is margined by a deep black line and fringed 
with greenish-copper; ends of upper tail-coverts and ocel/i on 
tatl-feathers greenish-blue, shot with purple ; tail-feathers zuzde/y 
margined with rich reddish-copfer changing to green; breast 
and belly black, margined with copper-red. Naked skin of head 
and neck 4/ué, scarlet round the eye, and ornamented with ved 
warts, the largest being situated between the eyes; erectile 
fleshy process on forehead é/ve, ‘Tarsus armed with a long, 
stout, sharp spur. Total length, about 33 inches ; wing, 14°2; ' 
tail, 137%; tarsus, 4/4. 
Adult Female.—Like the male, but less brilliantly coloured, and 
the ocelli at the ends of the tail-feathers much reduced ; the 
erectile process very small, and the great spurs represented 
by small wart-like knobs. Total length, about 33 inches; 
wing, 14°2 ; tail, 13°1; tarsus, 4°4. 
Range.—Central America; Guatemala, Yucatan, and British 
Honduras. 
