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a stranger, even at a distance, utters a cry of alarm, and in an 

 instant they vanish among the herbage. The sportsman has no 

 chance of getting within reach of them during the day, at least 

 without the assistance of a dog well trained for the purpose ; and 

 even then he must fire very close, so as to kill them on the spot ; 



{Mcliagris Galh-pavo). 



for if they are only wounded, they run so quickly with a sort of 

 half-flight, that the fleetest Indian cannot overtake them. About 

 sunset, however, they may be assailed with better success, as at 

 that period of the day they betray the place of their retreat by 

 incessant "gobblings," whereby they collect their scattered flocks. 

 When they have all got together, they make their way in perfect 

 silence to their accustomed roosting-places, where they perch 



