. The gallinaceous game birds of North America, including the partridges, grouse, ptarmigan, and wild turkeys .. . as entirelydisappeared from many localities in which it was formerlyabundant, and become greatly lessened in others, and itsrange is yearly being gradually more restricted, asthough the fate that has befallen so many wild creatureswould also, in an altogether too brief period, overtakethis noble bird, and another name be added to the list ofthe members of our Fauna that have become the Atlantic States, where it formerly was found fromsouthern Maine to Florida, a few are
. The gallinaceous game birds of North America, including the partridges, grouse, ptarmigan, and wild turkeys .. . as entirelydisappeared from many localities in which it was formerlyabundant, and become greatly lessened in others, and itsrange is yearly being gradually more restricted, asthough the fate that has befallen so many wild creatureswould also, in an altogether too brief period, overtakethis noble bird, and another name be added to the list ofthe members of our Fauna that have become the Atlantic States, where it formerly was found fromsouthern Maine to Florida, a few are now left in certainparts of Pennsylvania, which is its northern limit, becom-ing more abundant to the southward. Some are stillmet with in wooded districts of Ohio, in the southernparts of Michigan and Wisconsin, and the States lyingon the west side of the Mississippi to Texas. It is com-mon in the Indian Territory, and not scarce in the GulfStates and parts of Texas. It used to be frequently metwith in certain portions of , but if any remain to-day they would probably be found in WILD TURKEY. 173 The Wild Turkey is a bird of the forest, and loves todwell in the thiek portions of the woods, or in the depthsof the swamps and similar retreats, where it is far re-moved from man, and little liable to be disturbed by hisattentions. In places where it has not been persecutedby hunters, or frequently shot at, if there are any suchremaining at the present day, the Turkey is not apt to beany wilder or more wary than other forest creatures, andit has been known to approach the dwellings and feedamong the tame turkeys and other domestic fowl. Butwhen it has learned mans ways, and that his presencemeans death to any animal within the range of his gun,no more cunning, suspicious, wary animal lives than theWild Turkey, nor one better able to take care of it-self, though too often all its efforts to preserve its lifeavail nothing against the ingenuity and persist
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