Turkey Buzzard. 



259 



FEMALE TURKEY BUZZARD DINING. 

 Male and Young Awaiting Her Ladyship's Pleasure. 



his dinner was soon over, and off strode he too to a fresh 

 spot of grass, where he went through the same process of 

 wiping his mouth and stretching and yawning, which, being 

 finished, he mounted the rail by the side of his mistress. 



More interesting far than either the parents were the three 

 black creatures that stood upon the pine log. Fixed to the 

 spot as though they had grown there, with scarcely moving 

 heads and downcast eyes they eagerly watched the food dis- 

 appearing, wondering, mayhap, as children are prone to do, 

 if it would all disappear before they had a chance of testing 

 its virtues, but maintaining their souls the while in perfect 

 serenity of repose. But their time had at length arrived, and 

 down from the log they cast themselves instanter, three lusty 

 fellows as large as the parents, but one of them, from his 



