of the Turkey. 73 
old world, founds his notion on the defcription of 
the Guinea fowl, the Meleagrides of strabo, 
athenaeus, PLINY, and others of the ancients. 
I reft the refutation on the excellent account given 
by athenaeus, taken from clytus milesius, 
adifciple of Aristotle, which can fuit no other 
than that fowl. 44 They want,” fays he, 44 na- 
44 tural affedion towards their young ; their head 
44 is naked, and on the top is a hard round body 
44 like a peg or nail : from their cheeks hangs 
44 a red piece of flefh like a beard. It has no 
44 wattles like the common poultry. The fea- 
44 thers are black, fpotted with white. They have 
44 no fpurs ; and both fexes are fo like as not to be 
44 diftinguifhed by the fight.” varro * and 
pliny t take notice of the fpotted plumage and 
the gibbous fubftance on the head, ati-ienjeus 
is more minute, and contradids every charader 
of the Turkey, whofe females are remarkable 
for their natural affedion, and differ materially 
in form from the males, whofe heads are deftitute 
of the callous fubftance and whofe heels (in the 
males) are armed with fpurs. 
ALDRO- aldrovandus, who died in 1605, draws his 
vandus; arguments from the fame fource as belon ; I 
therefore pafs him by, and take notice of the 
and greateft of our , naturalifts gesner J, who falls 
gesner. into a miftake of another kind, and wifhes the 
* Lib. Ill, c. 9. . J ; 
i- Lib. X. c. 26. 
X Av. 481. ■' ‘ ! 
Yol, LXXL la ' Turkey 
