THE WILD TURKEY 51 



I wrote " In Brush, Sedge, and Stubble," since repub- 

 lished as " The True Game Birds," I referred to my 

 experience in the Ozark Mountains with a local sports- 

 man who knew the woods. I spent several days look- 

 ing- for turkeys but did not see a bird. We were in- 

 formed that in our absence a boy had killed one with 

 a stone, from a small flock which appeared in the 

 village. 



