. A popular handbook of the ornithology of the United States and Canada [microform] : based on Nuttall's Manual. Water-birds; Water-birds; Ornithology; Oiseaux aquatiques; Oiseaux aquatiques; Ornithologie. nd of from hal)it â latter It tf) Ihey ai^ate. keep they WILD tirki:y. Melkai;kis '.wo. Char. General pluinaj^c coi)pciy bronze, with metallic reflections of co]ipcr color, green, and purple, the etlj;L(i witii rich i)lack ; head and neck naked, and of blue color studded with exirescences of pur))lish red ; tail dark chestnut, witii bars and a broad >ul)terniinal
. A popular handbook of the ornithology of the United States and Canada [microform] : based on Nuttall's Manual. Water-birds; Water-birds; Ornithology; Oiseaux aquatiques; Oiseaux aquatiques; Ornithologie. nd of from hal)it â latter It tf) Ihey ai^ate. keep they WILD tirki:y. Melkai;kis '.wo. Char. General pluinaj^c coi)pciy bronze, with metallic reflections of co]ipcr color, green, and purple, the etlj;L(i witii rich i)lack ; head and neck naked, and of blue color studded with exirescences of pur))lish red ; tail dark chestnut, witii bars and a broad >ul)terniinal band of black; upper tail-covcrts and tips of tail-feathers chestnut ; winj^s dusky, banded by didl white. Male with a consi)icuous tuft of bristles dejiendinj; from the breast. Female similar, but paler and duller Length ab(nit 4S inches. A'rsf. I'ndcr a bush or amid thick undergrowth or tall weeds, or beneath brush heap; a depression in the ground â natural or scratched out â lined with leaves, grass, or feathers. AVVJ 10-15 (nsuallv 12); rich cream color or [lalc buff, spotted with bright brown ; size , averaging about X 'I'hc 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 iK'n- sity of population, chiefly confined to the thickly wooded and uncultivated tracts of the Western States, being particularly al)undant in the unsettled jiarts of Ohio, Kentucky. Illinois, Indiana, and throughout the vast forests of the great valleys of the Mississippi ami 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 illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Chamberlain, Montague, 1844-1924; Nuttall, Thomas. A manual of the ornithology of the United States and of Canada. Boston : Little, Brown
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