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GENUB CCLXXXIV.—MELEAGRIS, Linne. TURKEY, 

 Generic character: vide Steph. v. xi.^. 155. 

 Gallopavo, Brisson. 



Sp. 1. Me. Gallopavo. Steph. v. xi. p. 156. pi. 8. — North 

 America. 



Sp. 2. Me. ocellata. Cumer.^Temm. PL Col 112. 



Me. capite colloqiw glabris; dorso, uropygio pectoreque viridi- 

 aureiSf violaceo-nitente Jasciatis ; remigibus primoribus albis^ 

 nigro maculatis, secundariis midtis albis; rectricibus cunei- 

 formibus, griseis n'lgro punctatis, apice viridi, aureo violaceogtie 

 nitente; rostro corneo ; pedibus griseis. 



Turkey with the head and neck bald ; the back, rump and breast 

 golden-green, fasciated with glossy violet ; the primary quills 

 white spotted with black, the secondaries with white 3 the 

 tail-feathers wedge-shaped, griseous spotted with black, the tip 

 green, shining with violet and gold j the beak horny ; the legs 

 grey. 



Meleagris aureus. Vieillot, Enc. Mith. 361. 



Inhabits Honduras. This most beautiful and 

 magnificent bird is scarcely equalled by the Peacock 

 in the splendour of its plumage : the only specimen 

 known was once an ornament to the fine collection 

 of Mr. Bullock, but now, alas ! it is destined to de- 

 corate the rich depository of zoological subjects in 

 the national Museum of Paris : its size and habits re- 

 semble those of the common species, but its tail is 

 smaller : the beak is similar to that of the former 

 bird, its base is also adorned with a caruncle : the 



respective locations such genera and species as were formerly 

 omitted, or have been recently described, and also a few ad- 

 ditional references to figures. 



