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[Decker, Terry D.]

It is definitely not Numida melegaris (guinea fowl).  It looks more like
Meleagris gallopavo (North American turkey) than Agriocharis ocellata
(Central American turkey).  

The problem is that Agriocharis ocellata is the turkey which was brought
back to Europe around 1523.  It would be interesting to find the provenance
of the illustration.

Bear

> Marx Rumpolt in his German-language but international-in-spirit "New
> Kochbuch" ('New cookbook', 1581) has several banquets for all kinds of
> noblemen and other people like citizens and peasants. Now, what's
> interesting, is, that _all_ the banquets for noblemen have at least one
> dish with "Jndianischen Hanen", which was, if I am not mistaken, one of
> the earlier German expressions for "turkey". -- Would some kind soul
> please look at the picture provided in the Rumpolt-cookbook and comment
> on the kind of bird that is depicted there? If you do not have access to
> a Rumpolt copy, the picture is also at:
>   http://staff-www.uni-marburg.de/~gloning/rump66p.htm
> 
> 
> Best,
> Thomas
>