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crop ; stomach a very powerful gizzard, roundish, or trans- 
versely elliptical, with very large musclesj and dense epi- 
thelium, having two concave grinding surfaces ; intestines 
long, and rather wide ; coeca very large, oblong, internally 
with elevated reticulated ridges. Trachea cylindrical, with- 
out inferior laryngeal muscles. Nest on the ground, rudely 
constructed. Eggs numerous. Young covered with stiffish 
down. 
GENUS 1. MELEAGRIS, Linn. TURKEY. 
Bill rather short, moderately stout, nearly straight, 
broader than higlT at , the base, somewhat compressed to- 
ward the end ; upper mandible with the dorsal line sloping 
and straight, toward the end decurved, nasal membrane 
large and bare, ridge and sides rounded, edges sharp, with- 
out notch, tip thin-edged, rounded ; lower mandible with 
the angle very long, and rather wide, the dorsal line slight- 
ly convex, the edges sharp toward the end, decurved, the 
tip thin-edged and obtuse. Nostrils linear, with a large 
horny operculum. Head bare, with a long fleshy wattle at 
the base of the bill ; neck bare, carunculate, slightly fea- 
thered behind. Head small, oblong ; neck rather long ; 
body very full. Feet large and strong ; tarsus rather long, 
stout, compressed, with two rows of scutella in front, and 
the same behind, where there is also a conical slightly re- 
curved spur, about a third from the lower extremity ; toes 
of moderate length, stout, scutella ; first small and elevated ; 
lateral about equal, third much longer ; anterior webbed at 
the base. Claws of moderate length, stout, arched, some- 
what compressed, obtuse. Plumage compact, glossy ; fea- 
thers very broad and truncate ; those of the rump elongated. 
Wings of moderate length, concave, much rounded, with 
the fourth and fifth quills longest ; secondaries very long 
and broad. Tail rather long, very broad, much rounded, of 
