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COMMON TURKEY. 

 (Meleagris Gallopavo.) 



ME. corpore supra et subtus nigro, purpureo violaceo et aureo 

 nitente ; capite collogue superiore cuta subnudd, c&rulescente, 

 papillosd, pilosd ; carunculd Jrontali et gulari, (Femina, u 

 mare discrepat in eo quod calcare careat, et caruncula pradita 

 sit minori multo et breviori, et caudam non gerat erectum.) 



Turkey with tttfe body above and beneath black, shining with 

 violet and gold j the head and upper part of the neck with a 

 blue, papillated, and hairy skin ; the forehead and throat with 

 a caruncle. Female, differs in wanting a spur, and the wat- 

 tles are much less and shorter ; the tail cannot be erected. 



Meleagris Gallopavo, primus. Temm. Gall. Ind. p. QJQ. 



Gallopavo sylvestris. Briss. Om. 1. ]62 t B. 



American Turkey. Lath. Gen. Syn. 4. 676. 1. Penn. Arct. 

 Zool. 2. 178. Lath. Syn. Sup. 2O3. l.Wils. Amer. Om. 

 Index 5. p. xvii. 



Var. 0. domestica. Colore mire varians, non raro toto corpore 

 candido out rufo. 



The colours varying greatly, oftentimes the whole body entirely 

 white or red. 



Meleagris Gallopavo domestica. Temm. Gall. Ind. p. 677. 



Meleagris Gallopavo. Linn. Syst. Nat. 1. 268. Linn. Faun. 

 Suec. IQB.Gmel. Syst. Nat. 1. 732. 1. Briss. Orn. 1. 158. 

 16. Raii. Syn. 51. A. 3. Lath. Ind. Orn. 2. 618. 1. 



Meleagris Gallopavo cristatus. Briss. Orn. 1. 162. 2. Albin. 

 Birds. 2. pi. 33. 



Dindon domestique. Buff. Ois. 2. 132. 5. Temm. Gall. v. 2. p. 

 381 . pi. 3. f. 5, 6, 7, 8, and g. (organs of voice.) 



Domestic or Commpn Turkey. Penn. Brit. Zool. 1. 97. 

 Albin. Birds. 3. pi. 35. Lath. Gen. Syn. 4. 679. 1. Beta. 

 Brit. Birds. 1. 286. Ding. Anim. Biog. 2.229. 



