970 THE NATURAL HISTORY 
are very conftant to each other; in May or June 
they lay, their nefts are made with very little care 
with grafs or ftraw, or a few leaves collected to- 
gether, oftentimes in the hollow left by the foot of . 
ahorfe or cow. The female lays generally from 
fifteen to twenty eggs. She is ‘never relieved 
whilft fitting by the male; duvitiz; this confine- 
ment, which is about three weeks, “the lofes moft 
of the feathers from her breaft ; fhe fits very clofe, 
and never leaves the neft without covering the eggs 
with leaves or grafs: The. male bird is always 
near, and ready to accompany his partner when 
fhe goes in fearch of food. 
. The young ones run about the moment they 
are hatched, occafionally. with part of the fhell 
upon their backs. 
It fometimes happens that the young of Par- 
sides of ‘Turkeys, of cémmon Poultry, and 
of Pigeons, about the time they fhould be hatch- 
ed, are found dead, their feathers fticking to-the 
infide of the fhell; this, it is faid; may be pre-) 
vented by putting the eggs into water flightly 
warm, for about five or fix’ minutes; perhaps 
the moifture may pafs through the pores of the 
fbell,. and help to loofen the feathers. fbn, 
The male affifts the female in the care of the 
yo ungy fhews them what is proper for their food, 
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