ORDER GALLING. 177 



[B 462, C 382, R 479 C 560.] 



HAB. The sage plains of the Rocky Mountain plateau and west- 

 ward, from Dakota, Colorado, and New Mexico, to Nevada, Eastern 

 California, Oregon, and Washington Territory. 



FAMILY PHASIANIDJE. PHEASANTS, ETC. 

 SUBFAMILY MELEAGRINJE. TURKEYS. 



GENUS MELEAG-RIS LINNAEUS. 

 Meleagris LINN. S. N. ed. 10, 1. 1758, 156. Type, M. gallopavo LINN. 



310. Meleagris gallopavo LINN. 



Wild Turkey. 



Meleagris gallopavo LINN. S. N. ed. 10, I. 1758, 156. 

 [B 457, C 379 a, R 470 a, C 554.] 



HAB. United States, from Southern Canada to the Gulf coast, and 

 west to the Plains, along the timbered river valleys ; formerly along 

 the Atlantic coast to Southern Maine. 



310 a. Meleagris gallopavo mexicana (GOULD). 



Mexican Turkey. 



Meleagris mexicana GOULD, P. Z. S. 1856, 61. 



Meleagris gallopavo var. mexicana BAIRD, Hist. N. Am. B. III. 

 1874, 410. 



[B 458, C 379, R 470, C 553.] 



HAB. Southwestern United States, from Texas to Arizona, south 

 over the table-lands of Mexico. 



