. Stoltamento di uccelli. Generalmente tenuto ad una distanza rispettabile; Ma i giovani gobblers non avevano alcun pensieroso di correre via, e tutto ciò che era necessario era quello di agitare la rete di insetto athem, o fare qualche dimostrazione a titolo di una sfida, quando con un cortometraggio scopa i Turkeys chiuso, e la maniglia a rete era allora utile come arma di difesa. È stato uno dei nostri divertimenti per ottenere i Turkeys muchexcited, e poi correre lungo un percorso alla massima velocità, con le lunghe gambe gobbliersvery pazzo e in inseguimento caldo. Poi si schioccerebbe in uno dei out-build- (342) Tame Wild Turkeys 343 Ing, slam la porta, aiul ascoltare t

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. Bird-lore . generally kept at a respectable distance; but the young gobblers had no thoughtof running away, and all that was necessary was to wave the insect net atthem, or make some demonstration by way of a challenge, when with a fewshort chucks the Turkeys closed in, and the net handle was then useful as aweapon of defence. It was one of our amusements to get the Turkeys muchexcited, and then run along a path at top speed, with the long-legged gobblersvery mad and in hot pursuit. Then we would pop into one of the out-build- (342) Tame Wild Turkeys 343 ings, slam the door, aiul listen to the coniinents of the ireful Turkeys outside.After a while they )ul(l dejjart, or we would come out and charge them withthe insect net. They, however, would go only just far enough away to be safe.It gave us a new conception of the usually timid Wild Turkeys, to see themthus about the |)lace, and more than tame. It was Turkey Gobl)lers, andnot gobble-uns, that would catch us if we didnt watch out.. 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 placew^as that the most suitable ground for them was near the house, the mangroveswamps not containing the grasshoppers, etc., of which they were in quest.At 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 flowers and m

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