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Updated: June 11, 2025
He was carrying a gourd full of ink, which he placed on another stump. He set down a deerskin bag, which jingled pleasantly with coins. In one pocket he found a turkey-buzzard pen. From another he brought out an official-looking paper. "Here is the deed for the south field," he explained. "Here's a pen. I'll hold the ink for you. You make your mark right here."
Among the birds of prey, the ever-present turkey-buzzard and other vultures, hawks, owls, and sea-eagles, are common; as is the Mexican jay, the ring-bird, the rice-bird, swallow, and numerous varieties of humming-birds.
And away all flew to see which could go the highest. One by one they came down tired out, till only two were to be seen in the air: the Eagle and the Turkey-buzzard still going up. At last they got so high that the Turkey-buzzard froze his ears off for they were naked. Then he gave it up. The Eagle went still higher to show how strong he was, then sailed downward to claim the royal honours.
In appearance Andrew Spooner was small, thin, and wiry, with the beak of a turkey-buzzard, the complexion of an Indian, and a set of large, white, very ill-fitting false teeth, which clicked like castanets whenever the old man was excited. Now, in California, "Pap" is a nom de caresse for father.
Of these there are three species, one of which the Mexican vulture is but an occasional visitor. The other two the black vulture and the turkey-buzzard are monopolists in their peculiar line. They constitute here, as generally throughout the warmer parts of the continent and its islands, the recognized sanitary police. No law protects them, but they do not need it.
The odor was so offensive that at first he thought he would leave it behind, but when he remembered that often some of the large feathers were used in ornamental work he decided to bring it along. The children were interested in its appearance, as this was the first dead turkey-buzzard they had ever seen. "Look, Souwanas," said Minnehaha, "the poor birdie has no feathers on its neck or head.
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