90 BIGGIE POULTRY BOOK. 



Of the six varieties the Bronze, illustrated in Plate 

 XIV, is the latest introduction. This originated by 

 crossing the common with the Northern wild turkey. 

 In plumage the Bronze resembles closely its wild 

 parent, but the color is more brilliant. The lustre is 

 like burnished gold in the sunlight, and it is almost 

 an impossibility to properly reproduce it on paper or 

 canvas. 



WHITE HOLLAND TURKEYS. 



The prevailing color of the Narragansett is a 

 mixture of black and white, over which, in the sun- 

 light, is seen a beautiful greenish-bronze lustre. The 

 plumage of the Slate turkey is a grayish-blue. The 

 White, or White Holland, is pure white, except the 



