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Show POULTRY WILD TURKEY OF HONDURAS Originally Native of Central America, Is Described as Most Beautiful Beauti-ful In Coloring. The wild species of turkey, known as the Ocellated or Honduras turkey, was originally a native of Honduras and other parts of Central America-Some America-Some describe It as most beautiful In coloring, equal to the Inpeyan pheasant. If not richer. The head and neck of thlB wild variety are naked and no breaBt tuft Is present The caruncles of the head and neck differ dif-fer Bomewhat from those of other turkeys. The ground color of the plumage is A The Ocellated Turkey. a beautiful bronze-green, banded with gold-bronze, blue and red, with some bands of brilliant black. It 1b to be deplored that this variety varie-ty can not be bred successfully as a domestic fowl' in northern climates. The writer can not learn that It has ever been successfully bred outside of Its native heath. |