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were living apart from the females and young. Fe- 
males and young were seen several times, but were not 
molested. Evidently these birds wandered far and 
wide, for tracks a day or two old were often found 
along some ridge, and no fresh ones were seen in the 
vicinity for days. It did not appear that the birds 
returned regularly to the same roosting place. Several 
old roosts were found, usually among tall pines, near 
the head or along the walls of some side canyon, which 
were evidently occupied occasionally. None appeared 
to have been used very long, and at least two had only 
been occupied once. The birds spent the day wander- 
ing over the broad and gently sloping ridges between 
the canyons, and as evening approached worked to- 
ward one of the canyons and roosted wherever night 
overtook them. 
“Finally, on the ninth day, soon after noon, I came 
upon some big gobbler tracks, which were evidently 
only two or three hours old, and decided at once to 
follow them. There were about fifteen of the old fel- 
lows, and in crossing patches of soft soil they left a 
broad trail, which became very indistinct, or disap- 
peared altogether, on rocky ground. I had gone only 
a short distance when my hunter, whom I supposed far 
away, came up. He had found my moccasin tracks 
following the turkey trail, and quickly overtook me. 
I was very glad to see him, for it was difficult work, 
and even with our combined skill at trailing we made 
slow progress. Sometimes we had no trouble for sev- 
eral hundred yards, then suddenly we came to places 
