. A catalogue of the birds of Indiana. Birds. 43 Family PHASIANIDiE. Pheasants, etc. Subfamily MELEAGRIN^E Turkeys. GKN0S MELEAQRIS "113. Meleagris gallopavo Linn. Wild Tuekey. Resident. Breeds. Formerly common throughout the State, but now extinct in most places. It is still probably found in the following counties : Knox (Balmer), Monroe (Evermann), Grant (Davis), Dekalb (McBride) and Jefferson (Bain); possibly others. In 1882 Mr. Ridgway reported them as common in Knox County (Bull. Nuttall Orn. Club, .January, 1882, p. 21). In 1879 they were reported as "occasionally se
. A catalogue of the birds of Indiana. Birds. 43 Family PHASIANIDiE. Pheasants, etc. Subfamily MELEAGRIN^E Turkeys. GKN0S MELEAQRIS "113. Meleagris gallopavo Linn. Wild Tuekey. Resident. Breeds. Formerly common throughout the State, but now extinct in most places. It is still probably found in the following counties : Knox (Balmer), Monroe (Evermann), Grant (Davis), Dekalb (McBride) and Jefferson (Bain); possibly others. In 1882 Mr. Ridgway reported them as common in Knox County (Bull. Nuttall Orn. Club, .January, 1882, p. 21). In 1879 they were reported as "occasionally seen in Marion County" (Brayton). None have been seen in the Whitewater Valley for perhaps eleven years, but I am informed they have been killed in Ripley County within the past few years, and it is possible some are to be found there even yet. Mr. H. F. Bain informs me of the capture of one from a flock of seven near Deputy, Jefierson County, December 25, 1889. The old farm- ers love to tell of turkey hunts and of their captures of turkeys in traps. These traps were log pens, with a passage-way under one side to admit the turkeys. They were induced to enter the pen by following a train of shelled corn, and when within the pen it is said they would look up and try to get out of the top of the pen and never look down to see where they came in. Order COLUMBJ^. Pigeons. Family COLUMBID^. Pigeons. Genv'S ECTOPISTES Passenger Pigeon. *114. Ectopistes migratorius (/.i'lin.). Pigeon ; Wild Pigeon. Migrant; formerly very abundant but now rare; also rare resident. Have found them frozen to death in severe weather in the winter. Occasionally breeds here, as it does throughout the State. They are becoming rarer every year. It is. 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 Butler, Amos W. (
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