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VERTEBRATES, 



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Hen and Chickena. 



about Ohio, Kentucky, and Indiana, towards the Ohio and 

 Mississippi. The march was usually performed on foot in large 

 flocks, the birds seldom using their wings except when attacked, 



or in order to cross a river. The 

 powerful birds can easily cross a river 

 of a mile in breadth, but the weaker 

 frequently fall into the water, and 

 then paddle to shore with some ra- 

 pidity. This migration was performed 

 about the end of October. Audu- 

 bon, in his splendid work on the 

 American Ornithology, gives the 

 following account of the ingenious 

 way in which the turkeys escape the 

 insidious attacks of their enemies. 



"These birds are guardians 

 of each other, and the first who sees a hawk or eagle gives a note 

 of alarm, on which all within hearing lie close to the ground. As 



Wild Turkey. 



