PEACOCK.— Pavo cristatus. 



a while among the corn-fields, they become remarkably sweet and juicy. This is to be 

 understood of the young birds, which make excellent roasters. The older birds are 

 sometimes put to the spit, but are by no means so good as when the breasts are mude 

 into cutlets, and the residue boiled down into a rich soup. I have always thought such 

 Peacocks as frequented the mustard-fields after the pods were formed to be very superior. 



