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ing; it has been known to flatten tin tubes, and 
to grind down feventeen nuts in the fpace of 
twenty-four hours, When this gizzard is open- 
eda quantity of {mall {tones are found in it, which 
they have fwallowed in order, perhaps, to help 
to grind their food. 
When they drink, they firft take the water in 
their beaks, and raife their heads every time to 
fwallow. | 
The females of this fpecies, or the Hens, make 
aneft which is by no means curious, and they will 
frequently lay in boxes that are provided for them, 
upon a little ftraw or hay, that may have been 
placed there for a neft. Some occafionally 
lay eges that are covered with a {kin only, 
and without any fhell; thefe never produce 
Chickens, and are fuppofed to be laid only when 
_ the Hen is too fat. Other eggs fometimes have 
had a very thick fhell, and fome have had twe 
hells, cee 
Hens lay at all feafons of the year, except when 
they are moulting, or fhedding their old fea- 
thers; this continues about fix weeks or two 
months, and generally happens towards the begin- 
ning of winter. It may feem remarkable, that 
the new feathers are not always of the ~ 
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