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only a native of the new, and of the period in 

 which it first made its appearance in Europe." 



"The next who speaks of them as natives of 

 the mainland of the warmer parts of America is 

 Francusco Fernandez, sent there by Philip II, 

 to whom he was physician. This naturalist ob- 

 served them in Mexico. We find by him that 

 the name of the male was Huexolotl, of the fe- 

 male Cihuatotolin. He gives them the title of 

 Gallus Indicus and Galio Pavo. The Indians, 

 as well as the Spaniards, domesticated these 

 useful birds. He speaks of the size by compari- 

 son, saying that the wild were twice the magni- 

 tude of the tame; and that they were shot with 

 arrows or guns (Hist. Av. Nov. Hisp. 27). I 

 cannot learn the time when Fernandez wrote. 

 It must be between the years 1555 and 1598, the 

 period of Philip's reign." 



"Pedro de Ciesa mentions Turkies on the 

 Isthmus of Darien (Seventeen Years Travels, 

 20). Lery, a Portugese author, asserts that 

 they are found in Brazil, and gives them an 

 Indian name (In De Laet's Descr. des Indes, 

 491); but since I can discover no traces of them 



