Class II. GUINEA HEN. 373 



left us by Athenceus and other antient writers, 

 agree so exactly with the Guinea hen, as to take 

 away (as we should imagine) all power of mis- 

 take. Atheyiaus (after Clytus Miksius, a dis- 

 ciple of Aristotle) describes their nature, form 

 and colors : he tells us, '• Thev want natural 

 " affection towards their young ; that their head 

 " is naked, and that on the top of it is a hard 

 " round body like a peg or nail ; that from the 

 " cheeks hangs a red piece of flesh like a beard ; 

 " that it has no wattles like the common poul- 

 " try ; that the feathers are black spotted with 

 " white ; tliat they have no spurs ; and that 

 " both sexes are so like, as not to be distin- 

 " guished by the sight."* Vai^ro and Pliny\ 

 take notice of their spotted plumage, and the 

 gibbous substance on their head : so that from ' 



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