HOW BIRDS DRESS. 15 
TuRKEY BUZZARD. 
He wears nothing on his head because he is obliged 
to reach far in beneath bones and thick skin in search 
of food. If he wore a head-dress, like his neighbors, 
it would get very foul and ill-smelling, and we should 
think him far more untidy than he is. As it is, he can 
slip his naked head into marrow bones and out again 
without much trouble, and not be afraid of spoiling his 
hat, as other birds would. 
We would not care to be daily companions of the 
buzzard and the carrion crow, although they are useful 
and interesting birds. We would prefer to be in the 
company of better dressed and better bred people. 
