. The illustrated natural history [microform]. Birds; Natural history; Oiseaux; Sciences naturelles. THE HONDUKAS TUKlvKY. 621 "Aliout the begimiiii},' of October, when scarcely any of the Houd« and fruits liavo fallrii t'roin tlio tr(!, tliose l)ir(ls assemble in ilocks, and gradually move towards the rich bottiini-lands of the Ohio and Mississippi. The males, or as they arc more commonly (â iilkul the gohhlers, associate in parties froni ten to a hundred, and search for food apart t'lniii the females, while the latter are seen either advancing singly, each with its brood of ;'
. The illustrated natural history [microform]. Birds; Natural history; Oiseaux; Sciences naturelles. THE HONDUKAS TUKlvKY. 621 "Aliout the begimiiii},' of October, when scarcely any of the Houd« and fruits liavo fallrii t'roin tlio tr(!, tliose l)ir(ls assemble in ilocks, and gradually move towards the rich bottiini-lands of the Ohio and Mississippi. The males, or as they arc more commonly (â iilkul the gohhlers, associate in parties froni ten to a hundred, and search for food apart t'lniii the females, while the latter are seen either advancing singly, each with its brood of ;', then about two-thirds grown, or in union with other families, forming parties often aiuminting to seventy or eighty indiviihials, all intt-nt on shunning the old cocks, wjio, wlu'ti the young birds have attained this size, will light with and often destroy them by iviieateil lilows on the head. Old and young, however, all move in the same course, anfl ,,11 loot, unless their progress be intercepted by a river, or the hunter's dog force them to take wing. "When they come upon a river, they betake themselves to the highest eminences, and tlicre often remain a whole day, and sometimes two, as if for the purpose of consultation. Diuiiig this time the males are heard gobbling, calling, and making much ado, and are seen strutting aliout as if to raise their courage to a ])itch befitting the emergency. Even the females and young assume something of the same pompous demeanour, spread out their tails, and run round each other, purring loudly and performing extravagant leaps. At length when the weather appears settled, and all arouiul is quiet, the whole party mount to the tops of the highest trees, whence at a signal, consisting of a single cluck ijivou by a loader, the Hock takes flight for the opposite shore. The old and fat birds get easily over, even should the river be a mile in breadth, but the younger and less robust IVe(iiii'ntly fall into the water, not to be drowned,
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