and piercing cry, and becoming more and more noisy as you 

 near its nest. It lays three eggs, varying as figured in the 

 plate; the spotted variety occurring more frequently than 

 the other. The young birds run soon after they leave the 

 shell, and are very active ; on being pursued, they hide their 

 little heads in the first hole, as a beat fighting-cock will 

 do, considering themselves safe when you are no longer 

 visible ; the down with which they are covered is beautifully 

 mottled. 



