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FIG. 91. Rio Grande Wild Turkey, Meleagris gallopavo intermedia. 



The Wild Turkey is so similar to the ordinary domesticated race, except that 

 the tail-feathers are tipped with chestnut or rusty brown, that an extensive 

 description is unnecessary. While there are some differences of opinion as 

 to the number of recognizable forms, it appears that at least six are entitled 

 to such distinction. Of these the first to be made known was apparently 



