LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS 



The grandest bird of the American continent. Frontispiece 



FACING PAGE 



Plate I. Figs. 1 to 5. Types: M. antiqua; M. celer. 



Marsh 30 



Plate II. Figs. 6 to 10. Views of the skulls of 



wild turkeys 45 



Plate III. Fig. 11. Left lateral view of the skull 



of an old male wild turkey ■ 60 



Plate IV. Figs. 12 to 16. Views of the cranium 



and skull of the turkey . 75 



Plate V. Figs 17 to 19. Views of the skull of 



wild turkeys, and skeleton of the left foot of a 



wild turkey 80 



Plate VI. Figs. 20 to 23. Eggs of wild turkey . 90 

 Plate VII. Fig. 24. Nest of a wild turkey in situ 102 

 Note the full chest of the gobbler on the left. 



This is the breast sponge 106 



Nest located in thick brush on top of a ridge in 



Louisiana 112 



Hen, wild turkey, and three young . . . . . 116 



The beginning of the strut 124 



The chief of all his enemies is the " genus homo " . 142 



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