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The tetrao perdrix, the common partridge of Europe, is not larger than our 

 quail, (tetrao marilandus;) with a little encouragement they have been made 

 as tame as common poultry j they will not breed in a state of confinement ; but 

 if the eggs are placed under a hen, she will hatch them and rear the young as 

 her own chickens. Willoughby says, that a certain Sussex man had, by his 

 industry, made a covey of partridges so tame, that he drove them before him 

 in consequence of a wager, out of that county to London, though they were ab- 

 solutely free, and had their wings grown. 



The common quail (tetrao coturnix) is a migrating bird, spread all over the 

 old world, is seen from the Cape of Good Hope to Iceland ; comes north in 

 spring and departs south in autumn. It is about the size of our robin, and is 

 not in this country. 



The gold-breasted trumpeter (psophia crepitans) inhabits various parts of 

 South America, is near the size of a turkey j its flesh is as good as that of a 

 pheasant; it is called agame by the french, and cani-cami in Surinam; it is 

 most easily tamed and a great friend to man, whom it follows, caresses, and 

 even seems to protect, with the attachment of a dog j it is reared for domestic 

 uses, and fed among other poultry. 



The jabiru, or crane of Surinam, is larger than a stork ; its head and primary 

 feathers of the wing and tail are blac^, it lives entirely on fish, and is domestica- 

 ted in poultry yards. 



I have thus enumerated between thirty and forty species of birds, most of 

 which may be kept as domestic poultry, and all of them may be made ornamen- 

 tal or useful. Indeed, we have the authority of scripture to a much greater ex- 

 tent. St. James says, " every kind of beast, and of birds, and of serpents, and 

 things in the sea, is tamed and hath' been tamed of mankind." 



It is hoped that these hints may have a tendency to attract the public atten- 

 tion to this useful branch of domestic economy. 



The fish-market o/ New- Vork may be considered as the general deposite of 

 every eatable, and every curious inhabitant, of the waters. Every thing that 

 gratifies the appetite for food or for novelty, centres here. 



Notwithstanding this, it is an extraordinary fact, that until dr. Mitchill com- 

 mented his investigations, there was not a good catalogue of our Sshes j and it 



