120 lewis' AMERICAN SPORTSMAN. 



same color as the back, but more bronzed, witb purple reflec- 

 tions. 



Quills brownisli-black, the primaries banded with grayish- 

 white, the secondaries with brownish-white, gradually becoming 

 deeper towards the proximal feathers, which are similar to the 

 coverts. The lower part of the back and the coverts are deep 

 chestnut, banded with green and black. The tail feathers are 

 of the same color, undulatingly barred, and minutely sprinkled 

 with black, and having a broad, blackish bar towards the tip, 

 which is pale-brown, and minutely mottled. The under parts 

 are duller. Breast of the same colors as the back, the terminal 

 black band not so broad ; sides dark colored ; abdomen and 

 thighs brownish-gray ; under-tail coverts blackish, glossed with 

 bronze, and at the tip bright reddish-brown. 



Length, 4 feet 1 inch ; extent of wings, 5 feet 8 inches; beak, 

 1| inches along the ridge, 2 along the gap; tarsus, 7|; middle 

 toe, 5 ; hind toe, 2 ; pectoral appendage, one foot. 



The female is considerably inferior in size, with the luattles 

 much smaller, the tuft on the breast comparatively small, and 

 only in old Birds ; the color of the plumage duller, there being 

 but little of the refulgent hues on the male ; the lower parts 

 brownish-black. The young, before being fledged, are pale, 

 brownish-yellow above, pale yellowish-gray beneath, the top of 

 the head brighter, marked in the middle with a longitudinal 

 pale brown band ; the back and wings, spotted with brownish- 

 black, excepting the smaller wing-coverts, which are uniformly 

 dull brown. 



The above will at once be recognized as Audubon's descrip- 

 tion of this magnificent Bird. 



THE NATURAL HISTORY AND LOCALITIES— WHERE FOUND. 



The Wild Turkey, the largest of all the Fowls that have been 

 reclaimed from the primevous forests of this or any other 

 country, and made subservient to the never-ceasing wants of 

 selfish man, stands pre-eminent among the Game Birds of 

 America. 



In former times, this noble Bird wandered in undisturbed 

 peace and quiet, in vast armies, from one end of our remote 



