THEPINTADO. 87 



The wild Turkey-cock is, in our American forests, an 

 abject of considerable interest. It perches en the tops of the 

 deciduous cypress and magnolias. 



ILLUSTRATIVE ANFCDOTE. 



A gentleman of New York received from a distant part a 

 Turkey-cock and hen, and with them a pair ^f bantams j 

 which were put all together into the yard with his other 

 poultry. Some time afterward, as he was feeding them 

 from the barn-door, a large hawk suddenly turned the corner 

 of the barn, and made a pounce at the bantam hen ; she 

 immediately gave the alarm, by a noise which is natural to 

 her on such occasions ; when the Turkey-cock, who was at 

 the distance of about two yards, and without doubt under- 

 stood the hawk's intention, flew at the tyrant with such 

 violence, and gave him so severe a stroke with his spurs, 

 as to knock him from the hen to a considerable distance ; hy 

 which means the bantam was rescued from destruction 



THE PINTADO, or GUINEA HEN. 

 (Numida Meleagris.) 



The Pintado is somewhat larger than the common hen ; 

 the head is bare of feathers, and covered with a naked 



