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sg THE NATURAL HISTORY 
‘The females lay fix or féven eggs’ on the 
ground; in about five or fix weeks the young 
begin to fly 5 they leave their parents the begine 
ning of v ety and keep is) Socks) Mean 
ipring. id 
iy Bona! acest teagmaaaee 
their call, mtamerhaedivetarn er 
ed by falcons. 
In Poland artificial birds are ufed, hide 
made up very much Jike the Black Cock; they 
colle& together about thefe, and beginning to 
fight, they foon become fo deeply engaged, as to. 
give the fowler an opportunity of fhooting them. 
In Lapland they were formerly thot with ar- 
rows. 
Mr. Pennant fays, that now they are taken in 
Siberia in this manner :—In the open birch forefts 
a number of poles are placed horizontally on 
forked flicks, and {mal} bundles of corn are 
fattened to thefe poles—at a little diftance are 
fet tall bafkets, of the thape of a fugar loaf, the 
wideft and open part uppermoft. Juft within 
the top of the batket, is placed a flat round piece 
of wood, which is nicely balanced by an axis, of 
pin, that pafles all acrofs it, fo that it will play 
very readily, and fuffer cither fide on the lealt 
touch ody and ara t tun gn 
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