. Diseases and enemies of poultry . TURKEY 729 close to tln IhmI,\ also al llie liasc of the skull, thertesh of the iierk was allowed to remain and the billof some hiid of prey was held secniely lOi one end ofthe mass by fine wire; the second head was manufac-tured fiom breast nieat (apjiarently), and feathers ofbody with the bill of an Owl. Tliese two bogus heads,with those of a lot of Hawks and Owls and three orfour common Weasels, twenty in all. were seen in IhcolHce of a justice of tlie peace, ready to Imrn wlien iie^i)l a jiood hdt lire .started in his stove. TURKEY BUZZA
. Diseases and enemies of poultry . TURKEY 729 close to tln IhmI,\ also al llie liasc of the skull, thertesh of the iierk was allowed to remain and the billof some hiid of prey was held secniely lOi one end ofthe mass by fine wire; the second head was manufac-tured fiom breast nieat (apjiarently), and feathers ofbody with the bill of an Owl. Tliese two bogus heads,with those of a lot of Hawks and Owls and three orfour common Weasels, twenty in all. were seen in IhcolHce of a justice of tlie peace, ready to Imrn wlien iie^i)l a jiood hdt lire .started in his stove. TURKEY BUZZARDS AND SPARROWS. The Turkey Vulture (Fig. ]), was paid for as anEagle-hawk, which was described by the scalp hunter who got the bounty for it as being very bad onpoultry, especially young turkeys. The EnglishSparrow (Fig. 2), with the heads of other birds-Hawks and Owls—and an immature male Pine Gros-beak and a common Robin—came to Prof. S. F. Bairdfrom county commissioners or other officials in thewestern part of Pennsylvania, in 1S85 o
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