THE TURKEY. 



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THE DOMESTIC THBKEY. 



Synonymes. —Meleagris gallopavo, of Naturalists ; Cog d'Inde, Din- 

 don, of the French ; Pavo, of the Spaniards ; Truthahn, Calcuttischer 

 Hakn, of the Germans ; Turkey, Turkey Cock, of the English and 

 Anglo-Americans. 



The domestic turkey can scarcely be said to be di- 

 vided, like the common fowl, into 'distinct breeds ; 

 although there is considerable variation in color, as well 

 as in size, but no Bantam, or dwarf race exists, unless 

 we except the small, delicate-fleshed turkeys of Hemp- 



