| _ dwiftly, but their flight j is flow and heavy, for they : 
frequently than they fly ; and me make a marth | 
-- ary, like a Turkey. 
They feratch the-earth at the foot of large trees, 
43. THE NATURAL HISTORY | 
Hill ‘lefs places that are inhabited. | In general 
Agamis are:in flocks; they walk and run, and 
‘are very unwilling to fly: indeed they run very 
never rife but a few feet above the ground, i in 
order to reft upon low branches. 
‘When they are furprized, they run much more 
to lay their eggs there; for they make no nett 
~~ they lay from ten to ee eggs, | 
The young Agamis préferve their down, or r2- 
; ther: their firft pen feathers, longer than chickens, 
or part‘ic ‘ges. Thefe feathers are fometimes — 
: two inches long ; and at that time the. Agamis 
| look like oy covered with hair, rather than © 
| bires. 
aE he young i iees are not hk eafily tamed, E 
: ‘but they are as fond of thofe who take care.of © 
them as the dog. They give the ftrongett i 
proofs of their affection, for an Agami that is — 
kept in the houfe comes to meet his mafter, ca- 
tefles, follows him, or coes beforehim; and fhews 
every mark of joy when he goes with him, or fees q 
_ him again, after a fhort abfence. — 
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