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THE OCELLATED TURKEY. 
Meleagris ocellata — Cuvier. 
PLATE III. 
Meleagris ocellata, Cuvier, Memoires du Museum, vi. pi. 1. 
— Dindon ocelld, Temminck,Pl. Coloriecs, pi. 112 Hon. 
duras Turkey, Latham, General History of Birds, viii. 
p. 129. 
This splendid and curious bird was first described 
by the Baron Cuvier in the Memoires du Museum, 
from the specimen which graced the collection of 
Mr Bullock, and which, at the dispersion of that va- 
luable museum, was purchased by the French Go- 
vernment ; and we believe that it is still the only 
specimen known to exist in any collection. 
The bird was taken by the crew of a vessel, who 
were cutting wood in the Bay of Honduras. Three 
specimens were seen, and they succeeded in captur- 
ing one of them alive, which was sent to Sir Henry 
Halford, but, meeting with an accident in the Thames, 
it died before being delivered, and that gentleman 
presented it to Mr Bullock for his exhibition in the 
Egyptian Hall, then in all its splendour, and the 
finest in Britain. Nothing was recorded of its ha- 
bits, and it is not known whether the tail is capable 
