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through the whole year, provided she is well supplied 

 with food and water, and is kept in a tolerably warm 

 place. After laying, she has a peculiar note, or cry of 

 exultation, which is well known to every person at all 

 accustomed to poultry. The Hen has also a singular cry* 

 which she utters whenever a bird of prey is in sight, and 

 at the sound of which her young brood immediately 

 run under her wings for shelter and protection. It is 

 necessary that these birds should be well supplied with 

 gravel ; without this, they have much difficulty in digest- 

 ing their food. The fighting of Cocks, which was for- 

 merly much more common in this country than at present, 

 is a cruel and savage diversion; but that of throwing at 

 them with sticks, on Shrove Tuesday, was, in the highest 

 degree, disgraceful to an enlightened and a Christian 

 country. 



'30. PINTADO TRIBE. 



There are only four known species of Pintado, the whole 

 of which are natives either of Africa, or of islands ad- 

 jacent to the African coast. 



Guinea-Fowl. These are restless, active, and sprightly 

 birds. They run swiftly, in the manner of a partridge, 

 and have a harsh cry, consisting chiefly of two notes, 

 ca-mac, ca-mac, ca-mac, frequently repeated. They are 

 naturally gregarious, or inclined to collect into flocks. 

 We are informed that in Guinea, where they are very 

 numerous in a wild state, they are frequently to be seen 

 in flocks, consisting of as many as two or three hundred ; 

 that they perch in the trees, feed chiefly on worms and 

 grasshoppers, and are pursued and taken by means of 

 dogs. Their wings are so short, that they are not able 



