52 ^January 1749* 



others quails. Their fhape is almoft thefame 

 with that of the European partridges, and their 

 nature and qualities the fame : 1 mean, they 

 run and hidethemfelves, when purfued. But 

 they are fmaller, and entirely different in 

 colour. In this work I cannot infert, at 

 large, the defcriptions which I have made 

 of birds, infects, quadrupeds, and plants ; 

 becaufe it would fvvell my volume too 

 much. I only obferve, that the feet are 

 naked, and not hairy ; the back is fpotted 

 with brown, black, and white ; the breaft 

 is dark yellow; and the belly whitim, with 

 black edges on the tips of the feathers. 

 The fize is nearly that of a hazel-hen, or 

 tetrao bonafia. Above each eye is a narrow 

 ftroke of whitifh yellow. Thefe birds are 

 numerous in New Sweden, i. e. this part of 

 the country. On going but a little way, 

 you meet with great coveys of them. How- 

 ever, they keep at a great diilance from 

 towns ; being either extirpated, or frighten- 

 ed there by the frequent (hooting. They 

 are always in leffer or greater coveys, do not 

 fly very much, but run in the fields, and 

 keep under the bullies and near the in- 

 clofures, where they feek their food. They 

 are reckoned verv delicious food ; and the 

 people here prepare them in different ways. 

 For that purpoie they are caught, and mot 



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