230 PRAIRIE AND FOREST. 



they constantly associate together, although apparently al- 

 ways engaged in quarreling. This may be caused through 

 jealousy, for report states that the tame hen-birds much 

 prefer the attentions of the wild cocks, and that if they are 

 not carefully watched they will stray off with their para- 

 mour, regardless of the ties that connect them to their le- 

 gitimate protector. 



A half-bred Frenchman residing on the banks of the Em- 

 baras told me that whenever he wanted a wild turkey, he 

 tied a piece of scarlet cloth around the neck of his domes- 

 tic male bird and turned him loose, when every unreclaim- 

 ed turkey in the neighborhood was certain to come and at- 

 tack him, fearlessly affording the easiest shots. 



I have occasionally shot them over setters, but in each in- 

 stance the victims were not full grown. When hounds are 

 running deer in a neighborhood this description of game 

 frequents, they appear to lose their habitual caution, and ex- 

 pose themselves to the hunter in the most reckless manner. 



