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BRITISH BIRDS. 



THE TURKEY. 



( M elect gr is Gallop&vO) Einn. Lc Diudou, Buff. ; 



IT seems to be generally allowed that this bird 

 was originally brought from America, and that in 

 its wild state it is considerably larger than our 

 domestic Turkey. The general colour is black, 

 variegated with bronze and bright glossy green, in 

 some parts changing to purple ; the quills are 

 green gold, black towards the ends, and tipped 

 with white ; the tail consists of eighteen feathers, 

 brown, mottled and tipped with black ; the tail 

 coverts are waved with black and white ; on the 

 breast is a tuft of black hairs, eight inches in 

 length ; in other respects it resembles the domestic 



