42 GAME PRESEIIVERS AND BIRD rHESERVERS. 



extensively preyed upon by them in their own 

 country, and it is curious to see how the 

 instinct so long dormant revives wherever they 

 are exposed to their attacks. They have a 

 soft gentle cry which the youngest chick knows 

 means ' conceal yourself or you are lost,' quite 

 different from the quick sharp call which means 

 ' run in all directions,' which is the command 

 if a cat or weasel appears. On one occasion 

 we heard this cry repeated in several directions, 

 and seventy turkeys managed to disappear from 

 view quite as suddenly as PJioderick Dhu's 

 famous band did at his whistle. 



Two buzzards were soaring over-head, and 

 continued circling over them for some time 

 until the old turkey cock's nerves finally gave 

 way. Tucking in his feathers until he looked 

 half his usual size, he ran for the house scream- 

 ing Avith terror, a perfect picture of abject 

 cowardice. 



We once found a sparrow-hawk perched 

 actually on one of the coops, and master of the 



