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COMMON GUINEA FOWL. 
Several attempts have been made to turn them out 
in preserves, but this has never been persevered in, 
from their driving away and persecuting every other 
game. The plumage sometimes varies in being pure 
white. 
Another species is described under the name of 
the Mitred Guineafowl, N. mitrala . It is said to 
be found in Madagascar, and is very closely allied 
to the common bird, differing chiefly in the ground 
colour of the plumage being darker, and in the spots 
being larger. The cry and habits are nearly similar. 
