WILD TURKEY

Date 1902
Source http://www.flickr.com/photos/biodivlibrary/6302267972
Author Neltje Blanchan
Full title Birds that hunt and are hunted : life histories of one hundred and seventy birds of prey, game birds and water-fowls / by Neltje Blanchan [pseud.] with introduction by G. O. Shields (Coquina) and forty-eight colored plates.
Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Birds_that_hunt_and_are_hunted_(6302267972).jpg

The wild turkey (Meleagris gallopavo) is an upland ground bird native to North America and is the heaviest member of the diverse Galliformes. It is the same species as the domestic turkey, which was originally derived from a southern Mexican subspecies of wild turkey.