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at night under the female, and follow her to some Kg 
large branch of a tree, where they nestle under ® 
broadly curved wings of their vigilant and fostet>| 
parent. The time then approaches in which they se -„ 
the open ground or prairie land during the d»f>. 1 
search of strawberries, and subsequently of dewl' 81-11 !,, 
blackberries, and grasshoppers ; thus securing a pi®’’, 
ful food, and enjoying the influence of the genial 3" j 
They frequently dust themselves in shallow cavit'** , 
the soil, or on anthills, in order to clean off the l' ft 
skin of their growing feathers, and. rid themself 8 ® 
ticks and other vermin. 
The young turkeys now grow rapidly, and i» , fl 
month of August, when several broods flock tog 8 jj 
and are led by their mothers to the forest, they j, 
stout and quite able to secure themselves from the 1111,1 . 
pected attacks of wolves, foxes, lynxes, and even coUg® j 
hy rising quickly from the ground, aided by their sj#®y 
legs, and reaching with ease the upper limbs o’, / . 
tallest tree. Amongst the numerous enemies o’ J 
wild turkey, the most dreaded are the large ( !’’’’/! I 
and nocturnal birds of prey, and the lynx (Felis w"',, 
who sucks their eggs, and is extremely expert at se 1 ® 1 j 
both parent and young; he follows them for * v q, 
distance, in order to ascertain their course, and y! p 
making a rapid circular movement, places binis 8 ” ,|, 
ambush before them, and waits until, by a single bo 1 ” 
he can fasten on his victim. B . 
The following circumstance is related hy ]3arl r '_ j 
Having seen a flock of turkeys at some distal 11 V,/ 
approached them witli great caution ; when, sin ?!' '1 
out a large cock, and being just on the point of hj'l 
I observed that several young cocks were affrig*V t ,ii 
and m their language warned the rest to he on ; 
guard against an enemy, whom I plainly perceived ' p 
industriously making his subtle approaches tony 
them, behind the fallen trunk of a tree, about 
yards from me. This cunning fellow-hunter was a r e j 
fat wild cat, or lynx : he saw me, and at times ? e j||( 
to watch my motions, as if determined to seiz 8 
