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III. The Honduras Turkey. 
The Honduras or Ocellated turkey is one of the most elegant of 'Jr? 
tribe, and is found all over Central America. It breeds freely with our 
domestic variety and the progeny is quite fertile. The ground color of 
the plumage is a beautiful bronzed-green, banded with gold-bronze and 
chiny black, and lower down the back with deep blue and red. Upon 
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the tail these bands are so well defined and sharp, that they become 
ocellated or eyed, and hence the name. Unfortunately their southern 
origin makes them too tender for the North, but in the South there 
should be little difficulty in breeding them. The Mexican turkey differs 
