（8/39。’OrnamentalPoetry’bytheRev。E。S。Dixon1848page34。）Theinferiortail—covertsvaryinnumber，andaccordingtoaGermansuperstitionthehenlaysasmanyeggsasthecockhasfeathersofthiskind。（8/40。Bechstein’Naturgesch。Deutschlands’b。31793s。309。）Albinin1738，andTemminckwithinamuchlaterperiod，describeabeautifulbreed，dusky—yellowish，brownaboveandwhitebeneath，withalargetop—
knotofsoftplumosefeather。Thespursofthemalewererudimentary。ThisbreedhasbeenforalongtimeextinctinEurope;butalivingspecimenhaslatelybeenimportedfromtheeastcoastofAfrica，whichstillretainsthetop—knotandthesamegeneralcolouringandrudimentaryspurs。（8/41。Mr。
Bartlettin’LandandWater’October31，1868page233;andMr。Tegetmeierinthe’Field’July17，1869page46。）Mr。Wilmothasdescribed（8/42。
’Gardener’sChronicle’1852page699。）awhiteturkey—cockhavingacrestformedof\"feathersaboutfourincheslong，withbarequills，andatuftofsoftwhitedowngrowingattheend。\"Manyoftheyoungbirdsinheritedthiskindofcrest，butafterwardsitfellofforwaspeckedoutbytheotherbirds。Thisisaninterestingcase，aswithcareanewbreedmightprobablyhavebeenformed;andatop—knotofthisnaturewouldhavebeentoacertainextentanalogoustothatbornebythemalesinseveralalliedgenera，suchasEuplocomus，Lophophorus，andPavo。
Wildturkeys，believedineveryinstancetohavebeenimportedfromtheUnitedStates，havebeenkeptintheparksofLordsPowis，Leicester，Hill，andDerby。TheRev。W。D。Foxprocuredbirdsfromthetwofirst—namedparks，andheinformsmethattheycertainlydifferedalittlefromeachotherintheshapeoftheirbodiesandinthebarredplumageontheirwings。ThesebirdslikewisedifferedfromLordHill’sstock。SomeofthelatterkeptatOultonbySirP。Egerton，thoughprecludedfromcrossingwithcommonturkeys，occasionallyproducedmuchpaler—colouredbirds，andonethatwasalmostwhite，butnotanalbino。Thesehalf—wildturkeys，inthusdifferingslightlyfromeachother，presentananalogouscasewiththewildcattlekeptintheseveralBritishparks。Wemustsupposethatsuchdifferenceshaveresultedfromthepreventionoffreeintercrossingbetweenbirdsrangingoverawidearea，andfromthechangedconditionstowhichtheyhavebeenexposedinEngland。InIndiatheclimatehasapparentlywroughtastillgreaterchangeintheturkey，foritisdescribedbyMr。Blyth（8/43。