WILD TURKEY. 
The weight of the hen generally averages about nine 
l| "' J • ' ‘ Mr Audubon has shot barren 
* s avoirdupois. ™ — — , 
Jfhin strawberry time, weighing thirteen pounds; 
fal| . !t ‘ has seen some few so tat as to burst open 1 y 
- " U T from a tree, after being shot. The male turkeys 
more in bulk and weight ; from the accounts I 
received from various parts of the Union, fifteen 
renty pounds may be considered a fair statement 
j -heir medium weight; but birds of thirty pounds 
^ llol. 1 T 1. « — nennptoineil til a nvicf ntW>a 
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m —i Very rare ; and I have ascertained the existence 
u s °me wemhinw forty. In relation to those surpassing 
mentioned weight, according to the report of 
Is 0l 's who do not speak from personal observation, I 
, .1 . 1 /■ 1 om 1 11 /■] i ii£tr 1 in /‘/in _ 
*lbt »> iiu uu uui ojjcoiv r . . . 
si,, 1 8 not been able to find any, and am inclined to con- 
C r them as fabulous. Mr Audubon informs us, he 
h n °ne in the Louisville market that weighed thirty-six 
>d s ; the pectoral appendage of this bird measured 
C* than a foot in length. Bartram describes a speci- 
C of remarkable size and beauty, reared from an egg 
Vi lld in the forest, and hatched by a common hen. 
l r . this turkey stood erect, the head was thi ee feet 
O the ground. The animal was stately and liand- 
tv ■> and did not seem insensible of the admiration he 
Sted. 
tL " Ml L r li comparatively recent, the domestic state of 
l eAi turk «y has been productive of many varieties; we 
H V| , not, therefore, be surprised at the existence of 
H . <*0u s and remarkable dillerences in those animals, 
Tfr'oit have been domesticated from time immemorial. 
Sh ^.Otost striking aberration from the standard of the 
iL Cles > is certainly the tufted turkey, which is very 
I, ) > the crest being white in some specimens, and 
in/ * others. Tame turkeys sometimes occur of an 
s f „ t ' la 'ai | ate black colour; others are exclusively white; 
ire 
Ire e ai ' e speckled or variegated ; and all these varieties 
•«!,. ' ;0| itin U cd bv propagation, under analogous eircum- 
tM Ce s. In the wild state, a white, or even a speckled 
is unknown ; and we may venture to say, that 
P C ,n , black one has hardly ever occurred, 
uoehring proposed the name of Cynchramus for this 
