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COMMON TURKEY. 

 (Meleagris Gallopavo.) 



Me. corpore supra et subtus nigro, purpurea violaceo et aureo 

 nitente ; capite colloque superiore cuta subnudd, ccerutescente, 

 papulosa, pilosd ; caruncula Jrontali et gulari. (Femina, d. 

 mare discrepat in eo quod calcare careat, et caruncula prcedita 

 sit minori multo et breviori, et caudam non gerat erectum,) 



Turkey with the body above and beneath black, shining with 

 violet and gold 3 the head and upper part of the neck with a 

 blue, papillated, and hairy skin 3 the forehead and throat with 

 a caruncle. Female, differs in wanting a spur, and the wat- 

 tles are much less and shorter ; the tail cannot be erected. 



Meleagris Gallopavo, primus. Temm. Gall. Ind, p. QyQ. 



Gallopavo sylvestris. Briss. Orn. 1. I62. b. 



American Turkey. Lath. Gen, Si/n. 4. 676, 1. — Penn. Arct, 

 Z00L2.178. — Lath. Syn. Sup. 203. 1. — fVils» Jmer. Orn, 

 Index 5. p. xvii. 



Var./S. domestica. Colore mire mrians, non raro toto corpore 



candido aut rufo. 

 The colours varying greatly, oftentimes the whole body entirely 



white or red. 



Meleagris Gallopavo domestica. Temm, Gall. Ind. p. 677. 

 Meleagris Gallopavo. Linn, Syst. Nat, 1. 268. — Linn. Faun, 



Suec. 198. — Gmel. Syst. Nat. 1. 732. 1,— Briss, Orn, 1. 158. 



16. — Raii. Syn. 51. a. 3. — Lath, Ind. Orn. 2. 6I8. 1. 

 Meleagris Gallopavo cristatus. Briss. Orn. 1. 102. 2. — Albin, 



Birds. 2. pi. 33. 



Bindon domestique. Buff. Ois. 2. 132. 5. — Temm, Gall. v.2. p, 

 381. pi. 3. 5, 6, 7> 9' (organs of voice.) 



Domestic or Common Turkey. Penn, Brit. Zool. 1. 97. — 

 Albin. Birds. 3. pi, '65, — Lath. Gen, Syn. A, 679. 1. — Bevo, 

 Brit. Birds, 1. 286. — Bing. Anim, Biog. 2. 229. 



