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BRITISH BIRDS* 
ment to its females, or its refentment to thofe ob- 
jects which have excited its indignation. The Hen 
Turkey begins to lay early in the fpring ; fhe is 
very attentive to the bufinefs of incubation, and will 
produce fifteen or fixteen chicks at one time, but 
feldom has more than one hatch in a feafon in this 
climate. Young Turkies, after their extrication 
from the fiiell, are very tender, and require great 
attention in rearing them ; they are fubjedt to a 
variety of difeafes from cold, rain, and dews ; even 
the fun itfelf, when they are expofed to its more 
powerful rays, is faid to occafion almoft immediate 
death. As foon as they are fufficiently ftrong, 
they are abandoned by the mother, and are then 
capable of enduring the utmoft rigour of our win- 
ters. 
