. Turkeys, all varieties. Their care and management. Mating, rearing, exhibiting and judging turkeys; explanation of score-card judging, with complete instructions . A reproduction of the male wild turkev as shown in BurnhamsNew Foultry I5ooU. published in 1S77. This picture certainly re-sembles the peaccck to a great extent, and it is not surprising thatthe Spaniards of the Cortez expedition called them peacocks. northern? In order to make it clear let us explain thatthere are, or were, three varieties of wild turkeys. Thosefound in Honduras and Central America were known asM. Ocellata, and w
. Turkeys, all varieties. Their care and management. Mating, rearing, exhibiting and judging turkeys; explanation of score-card judging, with complete instructions . A reproduction of the male wild turkev as shown in BurnhamsNew Foultry I5ooU. published in 1S77. This picture certainly re-sembles the peaccck to a great extent, and it is not surprising thatthe Spaniards of the Cortez expedition called them peacocks. northern? In order to make it clear let us explain thatthere are, or were, three varieties of wild turkeys. Thosefound in Honduras and Central America were known asM. Ocellata, and were distinguished by the absence ofthe breast-tuft. They also had a different carunculatiouand a much brighter plumage. Those found in the south-ern states and Mexico were known to the naturalists asM. Mexicana, wliile those of the northern states and Canada were known as Meleagris Americana. Theselatter were darker and more bronze in color. Some naturalists think that the brighter plumage ofthe southern birds was caused by the warmer climatewhere a larger assortment of food was to be had, owingto climatic conditions. The northern wild turkey being more bronz
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