Synopsis of Orders and Families. 



TURKEY. 



Family ?2. TURKEYS, PHEASANTS, AND CHICKENS. Phasianid^. 

 Tarsus naked, often spurred, tail remarkably variable Cfor examplf, Turkey, Pea- 

 cockj; head often with a comb, wattles, or other excrescences. 



CHACHALACA. 



Family 33. CURASSOWS AND GLIANS. CrACID^. 

 Large tree-haunting, pheasant-like birds; toes four, all on same level. 



Order XI. Pigeons and 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 lung and pointed; feet stout, often reddish. Color usually 



grayish brown. Call-notes a characteristic cooing. 



MOURNING DOVe. 



Family U- PIGEONS AND DOVES. COLUMBID^, 

 Characters those of the Order. 



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