THE TURKEY. 



The turkey is a native of North America : there he 

 is the herald of the morning ; and his voice must convey 

 associations similar to those produced by the crowing of 

 the cock in this country. " I was awakened," says Bar- 

 tram, " in the morning early, by the cheering converse 

 of the wild turkey-cocks saluting each other from the 

 sun-brightened tops of the lofty cypress and magnolia. 

 They begin at early dawn, and continue till sun-rise. 

 The high forests ring with the noise of these social sen- 

 tinels, the watchword being caught and repeated from 

 one to another for hundreds of miles around, insomuch 

 that the whole country is, for an hour or more, in an 

 universal shout." 



A person who has seen the turkey only in the poultry- 

 yards of this country, can have no idea of the splen- 

 dour of a fine wild turkey-cock in his full plumage. 

 Then it gleams with the brightest golden bronze, tinged, 

 according to the position, with blue, violet, and green, 

 and beautifully broken by the deep black bands which 



