144 , THE OCELL.V] ED TURKEY. 
of being expanded as in tlie common species. The 
following is nearly the description, taken from that of 
Temminclt. 
“ In size it is nearly equal to the common tur- 
key, but the tail is not so ample. The bill is of the 
same form, and the base with a caruncle, which is ap- 
parently capable of the Bame dilatations and contrac- 
tions with that of its congener. The head and two- 
thirds of the neck are naked, and appear of the same 
livid colour, but without any trace of the fleshy tuber- 
cles on the lower part, which are so prominent a fea- 
ture in the physiognomy of the common turkey. 
The only appearance of any is five or six above each 
eye, five upon the centre of the crown, and upon the 
sides of the neck six or seven, arranged in a line 
above each other, and at nearly equal distances. 
Upon the breast there was no trace of the tuft of 
hair, but the plumage was somewhat damaged, and 
theknowledge of other specimens must decide whether 
this character is also present in this bird. The form 
of the feathers is rounded at the ends ; those of the 
lower part of the neck, the upper part of the back 
scapulars, and all the lower part of the body, are of 
a bronzed green, terminated by two bands, the one 
black, and the next, or that next the tip, of a golden 
bronze colour ; on the other parts of the back, the 
distribution of the colours is the same, but as they 
approach the coverts of the tail, the tints become 
more vivid, the bronzed part becomes of a rich blue, 
or emerald-green, according to the change of light. 
