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Order V. GALLINACEOUS. 



Genus XLVIII. TURKEY. 



Wild Turkey, Jra. Zool. ii. N" 178.— Fa»». Arag. p. 80. i. 



_ AMERICAN T. 



'T'HESE are cultivated in Sweden, and even in Norway; but 



they degenerate in fize. They are alfo common in all parts 



o^ Ruffia, but will not thrive in Sibiria *, 



Horned Turkey, Gen. Sjn. iv. p. 680. N" z. 2, 



HORNED T. 

 T HAVE lately had an opportunity of feeing zmale of this beau- 

 tiful fpecies in moft perfeft plumage, brought from India by 

 Mrs. Wheeler. I cannot add any thing to the defcription before 

 given of that fex, further than to obfervcj that the tail is rounded 

 in fhape, and compofed of twenty feathers, which are blackifli at 

 the ends. 



In the Leverian Mufeum is a moft beautiful and perfect fpeci- Femalt. 

 men of ihe. female. This fex is without the horns, fo confpicuous 

 in the male. The feathers of the head and part of the neck are 

 filky black, with a blue glofs, marked on the fides of the throat 

 with an irregular patch of red : the feathers on the back part of 

 the head and nape are crimfon ; and the whole top of the head fur- 

 nifhed with long loofe feathers, tending backwards : the markings 

 on the body much like thofe of the male, but fcarce fo bright: the 

 back, and part of the wing coverts, befides the fpots of white, are 

 in both moft beautifully intermixed with ftreaks of black and crim- 

 fon upon a fillemot ground : the rump and tail feathers fomewhac 



* Jra. Zool. 



Dd 2 fimilar. 



