64 MELEAeKlDiE. 



are not so deep and distinct, and the shell possesses a considerable 

 amount of gloss. 



It is of a pale cream-colour, the pores being very slightly 'darker, 

 and measures 1'95 by 1-55. 



1. Laid in confinement (Zool. Gardens, Zool. Society. 



London). 



Family MELEAGRID^. 



Genus UIELEAGRIS, Linn. 



Meleagris gallopavo, Linn. 



Meleagi'ia gallopavo, Thien. Fortiyflanit. qes. Vog. p. 14, tab. vi. fi?. 2 



(1845-54) ; Baedeker, Bier Eur. Vog. tab. 77. fig. 2 (1855-63) ; 



Dressy; Ihis, 1866, p. 25 ; Grant, Cat. Birds B. M. xxii. p. 387 



(1898) ; Sharps, Handel i. p. 43 (1899). 

 Meleagris gallopavo, var. mexicana, Bair(ji, Brewer ^ Ridgw. N. Amer. 



Birds, iii. p. 410 (1874). 

 Meleagris gallopavo mexicana, Bendire, Life Hist. JV. A. Birds, i. p. 116, 



pi. iii. fig. 15 (1892). 



The eggs of this Turkey are hardly separable from those of LopJio- 

 jphorus impeyanus (p. 52). They are of a regular oval shape, occa- 

 sionally somewhat elongated, and they are glossy and smooth. The 

 ground-colour varies from creamy white to creamy buff. They are 

 rather thickly freckled and spotted all over with chocolate, rufous 

 brown and yellowish brown. The markings are generally small, 

 but occasionally a few blotches of considerable size occur. Speci- 

 mens measure from 2'3 to 2-65 in length, and from 1"75 to 1'85 in 

 breadth. 



13. N. America. Gould Coll. 



2. Laid in confinement (Zool. Gardens, Salvin-Godman Coll. 



London). 

 2. Laid in confinement (Zool. Gardens, Zool. Society. 



London). 



Meleagris fera, Vidll. 



Meleagris gallopavo, var. gallopavo, Baird, Brewer 8f Ridgw. N. Amer. 



Birds, iii. p. 404 (1874). 

 Meleagris gallopavo, Bendire, Life Hist. N. A. Birds, i. p. 112, pi. iii. 



fig. 14 (1892). 

 Meleagris americana, Chrant, Cat. Birds B. M. xxii. p. 389 (1893). 

 Meleagris fera, Sharps, Hand-l. i. p. 43 (1899). 



The eggs of this species contained in the Collection differ from 

 those of M. gallopavo in being smaller and of a much paler colour. 

 They are of a very broad oval form, and have but 'little gloss. 

 The ground-colour is of a pale creamy white, and the whole 



