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photographed it. The bird did not show up 

 again. The locality was on the east slope of the 

 Santa Rita Mountains, in the oak timber, just 

 where the first scattering pines commenced, at 

 an altitude of perhaps 5000 feet.' 



"A good photograph, kindly sent me by Mr. 

 Stephens, shows the nest and eggs plainly. It 

 was placed close to the trunk of an oak tree on a 

 hillside, near which a good-size yucca grew, 

 covering, apparently, a part of the nest; the 

 hollow in which the eggs were placed was 

 about 12 inches across and 3 inches deep. 

 Judging from the photograph the nest was 

 fairly well lined." 



In order to complete my share of the work, I 

 will now add here a few paragraphs and illustra- 

 tions upon the skeletal differences to be found 

 upon comparison of that part of the anatomy of 

 wild and domesticated turkeys. This is a sub- 

 ject I wrote upon many years ago; what I then 

 said I have just read over, and I find I can 

 do no better than quote the part contained in 

 the "Analytical Summary" of the work. It is 

 more or less technical and therefore must be 



