TURKEY. Melt&gria gaOopav 



They all are beautifully coloured, and the present example may challenge competition 

 with any of the species, if not for absolute briJliance of plumage, yet for delicacy of 

 tint, and pleasing marking of its feathers. The bare skin around the eyes, together with 

 the wattles and horns are bluish purple, and the feathers of the crest, together with the 

 chin and back of the neck are deep black. The upper part of the breast, the neck and 

 shoulders are light cinnamon with a dash of carmine and purple, and variegated by the 

 white eye-like tips of the feathers. The wings and part of the back are rich amber 

 mottled with brown, and also decorated with white spots. The spots are largest and 

 most conspicuous upon the flanks. The tail-coverts are also amber-brown, spotted with 

 white, and extend to such a length as nearly to conceal their short rounded tail. In size 

 the Tragopan about equals a common Spanish fowl 



THE now well-known Turkey is another example of the success with which foreign 

 birds can be acclimatized in this country, and is one of the creatures that affords great 

 encouragement to the members of the Acclimatization Society to persevere in their 

 valuable efforts. Indeed, if so wild a bird as the Turkey, and one so delicate in its 

 youth, can be thus transferred from America to England, there seems every reason that 

 the numerous birds and beasts mentioned by Mr, Buckland in his well-known lecture on 

 this subject, may find a suitable home in this country. 



As to its qualities as a poultry bird, there is little to be said, as every reader will have 

 had practical experience thereof, and the mode of breeding and rearing it belongs to the 

 regular treatises on poultry, and does not come within the province of this work. 



