. A popular handbook of the ornithology of eastern North America [microform]. Birds; Ornithology; Game and game-birds; Water-birds; Oiseaux; Ornithologie; Gibier; Oiseaux aquatiques. ere it is ic birds 11 fields jm [)ro- btances. islands at their es, they le usual feed on e tooth- season, become they are ticularly )uth, and ibia. jlaok; a le l)rcast inches, twigs. and of al from its habit thickets. e latter ujiht to They jjjagate. ey keep ch they I. WILD TURKEY. IV-^^ :>Va-"''. Meleagris Char. General pluiiiage coppery bronze, with metallic reflections of copper color, gree
. A popular handbook of the ornithology of eastern North America [microform]. Birds; Ornithology; Game and game-birds; Water-birds; Oiseaux; Ornithologie; Gibier; Oiseaux aquatiques. ere it is ic birds 11 fields jm [)ro- btances. islands at their es, they le usual feed on e tooth- season, become they are ticularly )uth, and ibia. jlaok; a le l)rcast inches, twigs. and of al from its habit thickets. e latter ujiht to They jjjagate. ey keep ch they I. WILD TURKEY. IV-^^ :>Va-"''. Meleagris Char. General pluiiiage coppery bronze, with metallic reflections of copper color, green, and purple, the feathers edged with rich black ; iicad and neck naked, and of blue color studded with excrescences of jjurpiish red ; tail dark chestnut, with bars and a broad subterminal band of l:)lack ; upper tail-coverts and tips of tail-feathers chestnut; wings duskv, banded by dull white. Male with a conspicuous tuft of bristles depending from the breast. Female similar, but paler and duller Length about 4S inches. dVt'st. Under a bush or amid thick undergrowth or tall weeds, or beneath brush heap ; a depression in the ground — natural or scratched out — lined with leaves, grass, or leathers. E,i^gs. 10-15 (usually 12); rich cream color or pale buff, spotted with bright brown ; size variable, averaging about X The Wild Turkey, once prevalent throughout the whole continent of North America, from Mexico and the Antilles to the forests of Lower Canada, is now, by the progress and den- sity of population, chiefly confined to the thickly wooded and uncultivated tracts of the Western States, being pariicularly abundant in the unsetded i)arts of Ohio, Kentucky, Illinois, Indiana, and throughout the vast forests of the great valleys of the Mississippi and Missouri. On the banks of the latter. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustration
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