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others quails. Their fhape is almofl thefkme 

 with that of the European partridges, and their 

 nature and qualities the lame : I 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 defcriptioris which I have made 

 of birds, infects, quadrupeds, and plants ; 

 becaufe it would fwell my volume too 

 much. I only obferve, that the fret are 

 naked, and not hairy j the back is fpotted 

 with brown, black, and white ; the breaft 

 is dark yellow ; and the belly whitifh, with 

 black edges on the tips of the feathers. 

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

 tetrao bona/ia. Above each eye is a narrow 

 itroke 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 alliance from 

 towns ; being either extirpated, or frighten- 

 ed there by th^ frequent mooting. They 

 are always in leffer or greater coveys, do not 

 fly very much, but run in the fields, and 

 keep under the bumes and near the in- 

 clofures, where they feek their food. They 

 are reckoned very delicious' food j and the 

 people here prepare them in different ways. 

 For that purpofe they are caught, and (hot 



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