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WILD TURKEY

Captain Flack-2009-07-20-Cambridge University Press eBooks
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Description.—Head small, flattened above, with a pendulous caruncle on the forehead; bill short, slightly arched, rather obtuse; neck bare and beset with a series of irregular caruncles; a tuft of long bristles pendant from the upper part of the breast; the body robust; feet long and strong; a conical obtuse spur on the tarsus, about two-thirds down; wings shortish, convex, and rounded; tail long, ample, and rounded, capable of being erected and expanded in a permanent manner when the bird is excited.

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Description.—Head small, flattened above, with a pendulous caruncle on the forehead; bill short, slightly arched, rather obtuse; neck bare and beset with a series of irregular caruncles; a tuft of long bristles pendant from the upper part of the breast; the body robust; feet long and strong; a conical obtuse spur on the tarsus, about two-thirds down; wings shortish, convex, and rounded; tail long, ample, and rounded, capable of being erected and expanded in a permanent manner when the bird is excited.

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BristleAnatomyConical surfaceGeologyArtBiologyGeometryMathematics

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