CRACIDJE. 



207 



coarse black bristles depending from centre of chest, and with leg-spur 



shorter than hind-toe, conical, and blunt. Adult male : Length about 48.00- 



50.00, wing 21.00, tail 18.50, weight 16-40 pounds. Adult female considerably 



smaller (average weight about 12 pounds), the colors duller. 



b\ Tail tipped with deep rusty, its coverts and feathers of lower rump tipped 



with rich dark chestnut. Eggs 2.55 X 1-79. Sab. Eastern United 



States, north to southern Canada, south to Florida and eastern Texas 



west to edge of Great Plams. 



310. M. gallopavo (Linn.). Wild Turkey. 



b 2 . Tail, tail-coverts, and feathers of lower rump tipped with buffy whitish. 



Eggs 2.35 X 1-79. Hab. Table-lands of Mexico, and north to southern 



border of United States (western Texas to Arizona) ; south to Vera 



Cruz (temperate region). 



310a. M. gallopavo mexicana (Gould). Mexican Turkey. 

 Tail and its coverts tipped with intensely brilliant metallic copper-bronze; 

 ground-color of tail ash-gray ; feathers of lower back and rump rich steel- 

 blue, those of lower parts bronzy black — all tipped with intensely rich metallic 

 golden and coppery bronze ; greater wing-coverts brilliantly metallic copper- 

 bronze, without black tips. Adult male without beard-like tuft on chest, and 

 with leg-spur longer (in older birds much longer) than hind-toe, thorn-shaped 

 and very sharp. Size considerably less than in the more northern species. 

 Hab. Yucatan and adjacent portions of Honduras (and Guatemala?). 



M. ocellata Temm. Oce Hated Turkey. 1 



Family CRACID^E. — The Curassows and Guans. (Pago 184.) 



Genera. 



a 1 . Cere wholly naked, the nostrils exposed; tarsi entirely naked. (Subfamily 



Cracina.) 



¥. Bill very stout, its depth through base equal to or greater than chord of 



culmen, the top of the cere elevated, distinctly arched; feathers of crest 



recurved at tips ; throat mostly feathered. (Very large : length 2 i to 3 



feet.) Crax. 3 



b 1 . Bill much weaker, its depth through base less than chord of culmen, the top 

 of cere not distinctly elevated nor arched; feathers of crest (if any) not 

 recurved at tip ; throat naked, except a median narrow strip. 

 c l . Larger (length about 2J to 3 feet) ; throat with a more or less distinct 

 median " dewlap." 

 d 1 . Sexes alike in color, brownish above, striped with whitish be- 

 neath Penelope.' 



1 Meleagris ocellata Temm., PI. Col. livr. 19, 1838, pi. 112. 



2 Crax Linn., S. N. ed. 10, i. 1758, 157. Type, C. rubra Linn., = O. globicera Linn, et Auct. 



3 Penelope Merrem, Area loon, et Descr. ii. 1786, 40. Type, Meleagris cristata Linn. 



