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witli blood-vessels, while the bad will continue clear, 

 or even be already addled: these must be thrown 

 away. It is rare for the male to sit in his turn during 

 some hours of the day, the female seldom allowing it, 

 for as soon as she has eaten she flies back to the nest. 

 If the male gives up his place readily, so much the 

 better ; if not, she drives him away by force and by 

 pecking him. She appears to know his want of skill 

 in this employment. 



The near discharge of a gun, a door slammed with 

 violence, and other similar noises, will often kill the 

 young in the shell ; but their death happens generally 

 through the fault of a bad sitter. 



As soon as the young are hatched, a small jar is 

 placed beside the usual feeding trough, which contains 

 a quarter of a hard egg minced very fine, white and 

 yellow together, with a bit of white bread steeped in 

 water, and afterwards well pressed ; another jar should 

 <;ontain rape seed which has been boiled, and then 

 washed in fresh water, to remove all its acrimony. 

 Some persons, instead of white bread, use biscuit, but 

 this is unnecessary ; what, on the contrary, is very 

 essential, is to take care that this food does not turn 

 sour, for it would then infallibly destroy the young 

 nurslings. This food I find by experience to be the 

 best. 



Now is the time when the male assumes his impor- 



