14O ORDER GALLINACEJE. 



nests (which are very rude) in retired situations 

 on the bare ground : the females of many species 

 are extremely prolific, and continue to lay eggs 

 nearly all the year ; the young follow their mother 

 as soon as hatched, and immediately learn to pick 

 up their food, and the parent continues to lead 

 and protect them till they are fully grown : they 

 are readily tamed, and many species, especially 

 Peacocks, Turkeys, and Fowls, are kept in a 

 domestic state. 



Pheasants, Partridges, and some few others, 

 have not submitted to the dominion of man, 

 but frequent cultivated situations within a short 

 distance of human habitations. 



