14-4 THE OCELLATED TURKEY. 



of being- expanded as in tTie common species. The 

 following is nearly the description, taken from that of 

 Temminck. 



" In size it is nearly equal to the common tur- 

 key, but the tail is not so ample. The bill is of the 

 same form, and the base with a caruncle, which is ap- 

 parently capable of the same dilatations and contrac- 

 tions with that of its congener. The head and two- 

 thirds of the neck are naked, and appear of the same 

 livid colour, but without any trace of the fleshy tuhei 

 cles on the lower part, which are so prominent a fea- 

 ture in the physiognomy of the common turkey. 

 The only appearance of any is five or six above each 

 eye, five upon the centre of the crown, and upon the 

 sides of the neck six or seven, arranged in a line 

 above each other, and at nearly equal distances. 

 Upon the breast there was no trace of the tuft of 

 hair, but the plumage was somewhat damaged, and 

 the knowledge of other specimens must decide whether 

 this character is also present in this bird. The form 

 of the feathers is rounded at the ends ; those of the 

 lower part of the neck, the upper part of the back 

 scapulars, and all the lower part of the body, are of 

 a bronzed green, terminated by two bands, the one 

 black, and the next, or that next the tip, of a golden 

 bronze colour ; on the other parts of the back, the 

 distribution of the colours is the same, but as they 

 approach the coverts of the tail, the tints become 

 more vivid, the bronzed part becomes of a rich blue, 

 or emerald-green, according to the change of light,. 



