4¢ THE NATURAL HISTORY 
back. ‘Fhe warty fkin. of the cock is faid to be 
blue, that of the female red. 
Though Guinea Fowls were firft brought 
from Africa, yet they are now to be found both 
in Europe and in America, where they have been 
conveyed in confequence of our trade with Africa, 
Their plumage is very remarkable, the ground 
is a bluifh or blackith grey, ftudded with an amaz- 
ing number of white {mall round fpots, Such © 
at leaft. are their feathers in a wild ftate, but as 
all domeftic. fowls and animals lofe in part their 
original marks; we fee many Guinea Fowls with 
white breafts, fome entirely white, fome of a 
faint bluifh caft, and others part of whofe fea- 
thers only are.aclear. white, and the reft {potted 
on a bluifh or blackifh ground. 
‘The wings of this: bird-are fhort, and. the tail 
falls like that of the Partridge, fo that it feems 
yather hump-backed, but it appears fo only from. 
the form in which the feathers lie. 
‘They are very quarrelfome birds, and gene. 
rally make themfelves mafters of the poultry-yard ; 
in their attacks they are fo nimble, fo violent, 
and fo perfevering, that they oftentimes beat a . 
Turkey cock, though he be fo much fuperior in 
fize. They are befides of a very petulant and 
















