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TURKEY 
(Drawn by J. C. GALLOWay) 
creeks, they eventually get low enough to 
dash through them. As thesun goes down, 
one bird after another fails to re-appear as 
it sails into the trees, until all are out of 
sight in their darkening shades. 
Then if one walks quietly up the bed of 
the creek he can espy one huge bird after 
another perched on the upper branches, 
with their heads drawn down to the 
shoulders. When the birds become alarmed 
the heads are raised. If the disturbance 
continues, the wings droop at the shoulders. 
This is presently followed by spreading 
them to their fullextent. Should they deem 
flight advisable, they rise to their full height 
and launch forth, the huge wings beating 
through the foliage with a rushing sound. 
Sometimes the circling about is kept up 
until it is too dark to see the birds, but I 
do not think they move about later than 
that. 
The Vulture ot the sketch was about as 
large and heavy as a medium-sized hen, 
and was covered with long and ragged 
yellowish-white down. The skin was black; 
the strip down the front of the throat was 
bare, while the back of the head and neck 
were sparsely set with short, white frizzly 
down, giving it the appearance of an aged 
colored gentleman with a close hair-cut. 
The primaries were as yet encased in their 
blue coverings. 
J. C. GALLowAy. 
Montgomery, Ohio. 
VULTURE IN THE DOWN 
The Robin as a Freak. 
HILE looking around one morning 
to see what could be found that 
was new and startling, I saw a 
Black-billed Cuckoo’s nest in an apple tree, 
about fifteen feet from the ground. Saw 
the female on the nest, which was com- 
posed of nothing but small twigs, and as it 
was not quite completed, did not bother to 
go up and look at it. June 1 Isent a 
friend of mine over to look at it, ard to 
collect it if the set was complete. 
He came back and reported that he could 
not find it, but had found a Robin’s nest 
about where he had expected to find the 
Cuckoo's. I did not think much of it at 
the time, supposing that he had probably 
overlooked it, but the next day I had to go 
in that direction, and went around to have 
a look at it. There, sure enough, was the 
Cuckoo’s nest just as it was when I saw it 
last, but in addition to it, and on top, was 
the regulation Robin’s nest with two eggs. 
The female was on the nest when I came 
to the tree. 
I thought it queer, as this was the second 
time I had seen the same thing that spring, 
never having seen it before. In the other 
case it was Rose-breasted Grosbeak vs. 
Robin. I noticed the Grosbeak’s nest in 
an apple tree about the same height. This 
was May, 18, ’96. I knew there were eggs 
in it, as the female was sitting quite close, 
but didn’t go up to investigate as it was 
