of the "Birds of America." 25 



have been wholly free from the pain inflicted by the 

 operation^ nor could he have been so soon reconciled 



i 



to the new situation into which he had been thrown 

 by the loss of sight ; but in connexion with other ex- 

 periments it strengthened us in the opinions we bad 

 formed. 



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After having resorted to the means detailed above, to 

 satisfy myself of the accuracy of the statements of Au- 

 dubon as regards the habits of the turkey buzzard^ refer- 

 red to in Jameson's Journal, I once more carefully read 

 over his remarks on the subject, and now feel bound to 

 declare, that every statement contained in that communi- 



own 



residence of twenty years in a country where the vultures 

 are more abundant than any other birds. 



We were not aw^are that any other experiments could 

 be made to enable us to arrive at more satisfactory results, 

 and as w^e feared, if continued, they might become offen- 

 sive to the neighbors, we abandoned them. 



I have thought proper to obtain the signatures of the 

 following gentlemen who aided me in, or witnessed these 

 experiments ; and I must also add that there was not an 

 individual, among the crowd of persons who came to judge 

 for themselves, who did not coincide with those who have 

 given their names as coinciding in my conclusions. 



Robert Henrt, A. ]\L 



P resident of the College of South Carolina. 



John Wagner, M, D. 



Prof of Surgery of the Med, College of S. Carolina. 



Henry Frost, M. D. 



Prof. Materia Medica^ Med. Coll. of S. Carolina. 



C. F. Leitner, 



Lecturer on Botany and Natural History. 



B. B. Strobel, M. D. 

 Martin Strobel. 



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