WILD TURKEY. 
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W ■°' v * n " to some circumstance, it did not succeed, 
tl\ ] n the ensuing spring this female disappeared. In 
l lf ' : following autumn she returned, followed by a large 
nj' 0 '! ; these were quite shy, hut, by a little manage- 
i( ll fl b they were secured in a coop, and the mother 
^°'Ved her liberty : she remained on the farm until 
r,,? Succeeding spring, when she again disappeared, and 
^ned in autumn with another brood. This course 
repeated for several successive years. 
taken 
, has repeated for several successive years. 
of the wild turkey have been frequently U 
y, ‘ u their nests and hatched under the tame hen ; me 
an J?Ug preserve a portion of their uncivilized nature, 
t| ' exhibit some knowledge of the difference between 
th Selves and their foster mother, roosting apart from 
of 6 .tam e ones, and in other respects shewing the force 
r,„ hereditary disposition. The domesticated young, 
f ar ®d from the eggs of the wild turkey, are often 
Jqr’uyed as decoy birds to those in a state of nature. 
8 V William Bloom, of Clearfield, Pennsylvania, caught 
S| 1( J °r six wild turkeys, when quite chickens, and 
b p 'led in rearing them. Although sufficiently tame 
"’it! d with his tame turkeys, and generally associate 
them, yet they always retained some of their 
t|j S'Ual propensities, roosting by themselves, and higher 
Oj the tame birds, generally on the top of some tree, 
ijJ the house. They were also more readily alarmed ; 
approach of a dog, they would fly off, and seek 
!j. jy in the nearest woods. On an occasion ot this 
°ne of them flew across the Susquehanna, and 
U fl °"’Uer was apprehensive of losing it; in order to 
w°ver it, he sent a boy with a tame turkey, which 
aljt, '"eleased at the place where the fugitive had 
<.Yji' h ( ‘<l. This plan was successful ; they soou joined 
’eti >an y> and the tame bird induced his companion to 
tu 1 1-11 home. Mr Bloom remarked, that the wild 
t|^ey will thrive more, and keep in better condition, 
n the tame, on the same quantity of food, 
d w°sides the above mentioned half breed, some 
«r e ,*icated turkeys, of a very superior metallic tint, 
8 °ld in the Philadelphia and iN'ew York markets as 
