7% THE NATURAL HISTORY 
Partridges breed very faft about the be- 
ginning of .May, and are often feen in coveys of 
more than twenty. : 
Early in June they colle in great flocks, Pe 
quenting orchards; they feed much upon buck 
wheat, which makes them fat, they are then very 
delicate food, Py al 
At the approach of winter they migrate into 
~ the fouthern provinces of North America, and— 
they have lately been introduced into Jamaica, 
_ where they increafe very 5 Ste 
The Maryland Partridge has white eyebrows, 
and the back part of the head white, {potted with 
black, 
In its habits or manners it very much refem- 
bles the Virginia Partridge ; it multiplies very faft, 
laying from twenty to twenty-five eggs. 
Towards winter they grow tame ; they come 
into farm-yard in flocks of three or four dozen, 
for the loofe grain, and frequent the high roads 
for what they can find there to eat. | 
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The Crefted Quail, another fpecies of the 
Tetrao Genus, has a narrow creft on its head, 
an inch in length, It inhabits Guiana: and 
Mexico, 
. The 
