WILD TURKEY. 
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k!’ three feet and a quarter long' ; the hill and 
Jumble those of the male, but are proportionally 
<if “ r > the latter being destitute of even a rudiment 
the i rides arc like those of the male; the 
C" 1 and neck are not so naked as in that sex, but 
; r . 'Overed by small, decomposed feathers, of a dirty 
colour; those of the back of the neck are 
»{,?** With ferruginous, constituting a longitudinal 
H on that part ; the caruncle on the frontlet is rudi- 
CJH not susceptible of being elongated ; the pectoral 
;i’ C||< lage is entirely wanting in our specimen ; the 
Cm ? 1 plumage is dusky gray, each feather having a 
V l <: b »nd, less brilliant than that of the male ; then a 
HU k 'sh band and a grayish terminal fringe; the black 
C| ft “>nal band is obsolete on the feathers of the neck, 
1: '’f the whole inferior surface; those of the latter 
v With the feathers of the lower portion of the back, 
C e . ru mp, and the flanks, have their tips yellowish 
t,i| ?'iio„s, becoming gradually brighter towards the 
Vi.| The vent and thighs are dirty yellowish gray, 
any reflections; the under tail-coverts are 
and varied with rather deep ferruginous; the 
| liilj" f| or tail-coverts are like those of the male, but 
ftiC 1 and tipped with a broad, whitish ferruginous 
1 The wings are also duller, each covert being 
•in. | With grayish; less white exists on the primaries, 
being narrower, and the secondaries entirely 
fif u te of them. The tail is similar in colour to that 
M male. It is proper to remark, that the female 
filC ‘ furnished the above description, though certainly 
had not attained to its full size and perfect 
Hi j It was procured in the mouth of March, on 
n’s River, Florida. The male was selected from 
AiC? many line specimens, shot in the month of 
h . 1 *. near Engineer Cantonment, on the Missouri. 
kiV^hed twenty-two pounds ; but as the males are 
V v , ; tld n at that season,* when in good order it must 
"eighed much more. 
The extraordinary leanness of this bird, at particular seasons 
