. Bird lore . DEFIANT GOBBLERS Mr. George W. Storter had had the birds some time upon our arrival, andhe considered that the reason the Turkeys were content to stay about his placewas that the most suitable ground for them was near the house, the mangroveswamps not containing the grasshoppers, etc., of which they were in night they would roost on the roof of some of the buildings, often on theshingled top of one of the cement cisterns, where they were not welcome, andit was one of the duties of Kirby Storter to dislodge them and make them roostelsewhere. The first illustration shows K
. Bird lore . DEFIANT GOBBLERS Mr. George W. Storter had had the birds some time upon our arrival, andhe considered that the reason the Turkeys were content to stay about his placewas that the most suitable ground for them was near the house, the mangroveswamps not containing the grasshoppers, etc., of which they were in night they would roost on the roof of some of the buildings, often on theshingled top of one of the cement cisterns, where they were not welcome, andit was one of the duties of Kirby Storter to dislodge them and make them roostelsewhere. The first illustration shows Kirby gibing the Turkeys, and aboutto run away with the gobblers in pursuit. Mr. Storter suggested to us that we visit an inland orange grove situatedon a hummock lying on the border of the Big Cypress Swamp. So, one day,we went in a power-boat, two miles up Allens River, and then walked ten ortwelve miles, first through salt meadow and then across most beautiful prairiecountry, where there were a multitude of
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