
OF BIRD & oo 
every evening, one by one, to the branch of the: 
tree where they are to rooft; in the morning fhe: 
flies down. before them, and encourages them to: 
. follow, and thus begins to. teach. them. to ufe their: 
wings. : 
_ When ‘the young: are abont a niet old, de | 
| erelt begins to thew itfelf, then they are fick, juft 
as little Turkeys are when their wattles (that is. 
i the red fkin on their throats). firtt appears, 
The young Peacocks may be known fromthe: 
young Peahens, by a little yellow which appears. 
at the end of'the wings. The neck of the young. 
Peacock is blue, the young Peahen’s neck is- 
| a green; afterwards the Peacocks become thelargeft, : 
: Send have a {pur on each leg. | 

The Peacock never lofes his creft; he ihe > 
as tail feathers, and the two: beautiful ie feathers, ” 
drop every year about July, and others grow in: 
their placé in the fpring: whilft he is without. | 
 thefe feathers, he feems. melancholy, and hides. 
7 himfelf, as though afhamed to be feen. | 
_ Peacocks are birds of courage, they fight very~ | 
+a, and generally make themfelves mallets Its 
the poultry-yard, 
They generally rooft upon ‘the ook of | fei, 
Upon chimneys, . or. on the branches. of. trees... 
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