. A history of British birds : the figures engraved on wood . ■BRITISH BIRDSi 287. THE TURKEY. {^Meleagris Gallopavo, Lin.—Le Dlndon., BiifF.) It seems to be generally allowed that this bird was ori-ginally brought from America, and that in its wild stateit is considerably larger than our domestic Turkies. Itsgeneral colour is black, variegated with bronze and brightglossy green, in some parts changing to purple ; the quillsare green gold, black towards the ends, and tipped withwhite J the tail consists of eighteen feathers, of a browncolour, mottled and tipped with black; the tail covertsare
. A history of British birds : the figures engraved on wood . ■BRITISH BIRDSi 287. THE TURKEY. {^Meleagris Gallopavo, Lin.—Le Dlndon., BiifF.) It seems to be generally allowed that this bird was ori-ginally brought from America, and that in its wild stateit is considerably larger than our domestic Turkies. Itsgeneral colour is black, variegated with bronze and brightglossy green, in some parts changing to purple ; the quillsare green gold, black towards the ends, and tipped withwhite J the tail consists of eighteen feathers, of a browncolour, mottled and tipped with black; the tail covertsare waved with black and white ; on the breast there is atuft of black hairs, eight inches in length: in other re-spedls it resembles the domestic Turkey, especially inhaving a bare red carunculated head and neck, a fleshydilatable appendage hanging over the bill, and a shortblunt spur or knob at the back part of the leg. 288 BRITISH BIRDS. Tame Turkles, like every other animal In a state ofdomestication, are of various colours ; of these the pre-vailing one is dark grey, inclini
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