. The birds of North and Middle America : a descriptive catalogue of the higher groups, genera, species, and subspecies of birds known to occur in North America, from the Arctic lands to the Isthmus of Panama, the West Indies and other islands of the Caribbean sea, and the Galapagos Archipelago . Birds. 438 BULLETIN 50, UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM Melagris (emendation) Eyton, Osteol. Avium, 1867, 171. Gatlo-pavo Brisson, Orn., i, 1760, 26, 158. (Type, by tautonytny, Gallopavo Brisson= Meleagris goUapavo Linnaeus.) Galloparus (err. ) Des Murs, in Chenu; Ettcycl. Hist. Nat., Ois., vi, 1
. The birds of North and Middle America : a descriptive catalogue of the higher groups, genera, species, and subspecies of birds known to occur in North America, from the Arctic lands to the Isthmus of Panama, the West Indies and other islands of the Caribbean sea, and the Galapagos Archipelago . Birds. 438 BULLETIN 50, UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM Melagris (emendation) Eyton, Osteol. Avium, 1867, 171. Gatlo-pavo Brisson, Orn., i, 1760, 26, 158. (Type, by tautonytny, Gallopavo Brisson= Meleagris goUapavo Linnaeus.) Galloparus (err. ) Des Murs, in Chenu; Ettcycl. Hist. Nat., Ois., vi, 1854, 99. Gallopavus (emendation) Des Murs, in Chenu, Encycl. Hist. Nat., Oisi, vi, 1854, 100, 109. Pseudotaon Billberg, Synop. Fauna Scand., i, pt. 2, 1828, tabs. A, B, C, and p. 4. (New name for Meleagris Linnaeus.) Cynchramus "Moehring" Bonaparte, Ann. Lye. Naf. Hist. New York, ii, 1826, 122. (Not adopted but cited in synonymy of Meleagris Linnaeus.) Cenchramus (emendation) Gray, List Gen. Birds,: ed. 2, 1841, 78. Largest of gallinaceous birds (length of adult males about 107-127 cm., weight 16-40 pounds, the females decidedly smaller) ; adult males without any vertical process or protuberance on crown, but with a conspicuous pendant tuft of long, coarse bristles springing from center of chest; rec-. FiGURE 27.—Meleagris gaUopavo. trices without a terminal metallic band or subterminal metallic ocelli. (Other characters the same as these given for the family Meleagrididae.) Plumage and coloration.—Head and upper neck nude, warted and cor- rugated in adult males, smoother and more or less covered with short. 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 Ridgway, Robert, 1850-1929; Friedmann, Herbert, 1900-1987. Washington : Govt. Print. Off.
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