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TURKEY. 
Family 32. TURKEYS, PHEASANTS, AND CHICKENS. PHASIANIDA. 
Tarsus naked, often spurred, tail remarkably variable (for example, Turkey, Pea- 
cock); head often with a comb, wattles, or other excrescences. 
CHACHALACA. 
Family 33. CURASSOWS AND GUANS. CRACIDA. 
Large tree-haunting, pheasant-like birds; toes four, all on same level. 
ORDER XI. Pickons anp Doves. COLUMB. 
(1 family, 13 species, 3 subspecies. ) 
Walking birds, feeding both on the ground and in trees; bill slender, 
grooved, nostrils opening in a fleshy membrane; tail variable, short and 
square, or long and pointed; feet stout, often reddish. Color usually 
grayish brown. Call-notes a eiauiakedcar ley cooing. 
MOURNING G DOVE. 
Family 34. PIGEONS AND DOVES. COLUMBID#. 
Characters those of the Order. 
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