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MELEAGRIS GALLOPAVO. 
are plain blackish, banded with white, which is iu tel ’ 
lur f llfl clinA- nn J . J M 11 1 !_ 1 
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rupted by the shaft, and sprinkled with blackish ; , ‘ 
secondaries have the white portion so large, that tby 
may as well be described as white, banded with blaoki s , 
and are, moreover, tinged with ferruginous yell 0<v 7 
this colour gradually encroaches on the white, a" 
then on the blackish, in proportion as the featb l ’ r j 
approach the body, so that the tertials are aln 1 ?*, 
entirely of that colour, being only sprinkled " ,| 
blackish, and having metallic reflections 1 on the it 111 ',' 
web; the anterior under wing-coverts are brown lS " 
black, the posterior ones being gray ; the tail measu rf ! 
more than a foot and a quarter, is rounded, • ll ". 
composed of eighteen wide feathers ; it is capable 0 
being expanded and elevated, together with the s»P f ' 
rior tail-coverts, so as to resemble a fan, when , ' U 
bird parades, struts, or wheels. The tail is ferrugin 0 ’ 15 : 
mottled with black, and crossed by numerous narf 0 " 
undulated lines, of the same colour, which beco*^ 
confused on the middle feathers ; near the tip 
broad black band, then the feathers are again mottk' 1 ' 
for a short distance, and are widely tipped with fe rr ' t ’ 
ginous yellow. 
The feet are robust and somewhat elongated ; 
tarsus measures more than six inches in length, bei"£ 
covered before by large alternate pentagonal plates, 
furnished, on the inner posterior side, with a rath 6 ' 
obtuse, robust, compressed spur, nearly one inch 1 o<4' 
The toes are three before, connected at base bV J 
membrane, and one behind, touching the ground »>' ■ 
at tip, being articulated higher on the tarsus than t 1 "’ 
others, and one-half shorter than the lateral toes, wbh' u 
are equal ; the middle toe is more than four inch 4 ’" 
long, and the posterior but little more than one inc' 1 ’ 
they are all covered by entire plates ; the sole is gran 11 ' 
lated : the colour of the feet is red, the margins u 
the plates and scales, the membrane and nails, beij 1 
tip’ 
blackish ; the nails are oblong, wide, obtuse at 
rounded above, and perfectly plain beneath. 
The female, or hen turkey, is considerably smaller b 1 
