THE POULTRY KIND. 



they continue to make a noise like a man snoring 

 with his mouth open. This seems designed as a 

 call for their old companions without; and, in 

 fact, I have seen several others come to the call, 

 and perch upon the roof of the aviary, where 

 they made the same kind of hissing, and soon 

 after permitted themselves to be taken in a net." 



PART II. 



OF BIRDS OF THE POULTRY KIND. 



CHAPTER I. 



OF BIRDS OF THE POULTRY KIND IN GENERAL. 



FROM the most rapacious and noxious tribe of 

 birds, we make a transition to those which of all 

 others are the most harmless and the most service- 

 able to man. He may force the rapacious tribes 

 to assist his pleasures in the field, or induce the 

 smaller warblers to delight him with their sing- 

 ing ; but it is from the poultry kind that he de- 

 rives the most solid advantages, as they not only 

 make a considerable addition to the necessaries 

 of life, but furnish out the greatest delicacies to 

 every entertainment. 



