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POULTRY, TURKEYS. 
Lieutenant Byam described crested wild turkeys as having been seen 
by him in Mexico, but it is supposed he must have mistaken curassows 
for wild turkeys, since no others have been able to find them, and the 
curassow is thoroughly domesticated there. The white and buff turkeys 
are simply varieties in color from the common forms, which have in some 
instances been perpetuated by careful breeding and selection. So also 
there are copper-colored, fawn-colored, party-colored, and also gray 
turkeys. These can hardly be considered worthy of breeding except ixs 
an amateur way for amusement. 
COMMON TURKEYS. 
I. The Common Turkey. 
Those are pure white and black mixed, with the peculiar wattle ar.tf 
head of the wild turkey. They are of medium size, less given to wan- 
dering-than some of the breeds, and will weigh dressed, if fat, at severs 
or eight months old, from ten to twelve pounds, and at full maturity 
sixteen pounds. 
n. English Turkey. 
This is simply a modification of our common turkey, which by careful 
breeding has been made uniform and of an increased size. Of these the 
Norfolk turkey is black, with a few white spots on the wings. The breed 
most valued in Cambridgeshire is a bronze-gray, and longer legged than 
the Norfolk variety. 
