(...)"Canada. When they have discovered the retreat of a flock of Turkeys, which in general is near fields of nettles, or where there is plenty of any kind of grain, they send a welltrained dog into the midst of the flock. The birds no sooner perceive their enemy, than they run off at full speed, and with such swiftness, that they leave the dog far behind. He, however, follows; and at • In the birds of this order the bill is convex, the upper mandible lying in an arch(...)".