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They are naturally very wild; in. breeding 
time the cocks are difcovered by the noife they 
make in flapping their wings, which may. be hears: 
at a creat dittance. a 
The hen Pheafant makes her neft without any 
afiftance from the cock, at leaft when they are 
in a domeftic ftate, and confined: She nfes 
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ftraw, leaves, &c. and though it be but coarfely” 
made, fhe prefers it to any other that.may have 
been provided for her; however neat:and more 
‘curious it may be than her own, fhe would pulbit: 
to pieces, and with the materials make one. for’ 
herfelf. ve 
| She hatches but' once in a year in‘our clinvate, . 
ia lays about twelve eggs, one at the diftance: 
of two or three days from the other.- They are 
much fmaller than the eggs of a Hen, and the 
fhell is as thin asthe fhell of a pigeon’s ego. - 
She makes her neft on the ground like a Par- 
tridge, and fits twenty or twenty-five days; as 
foon as the little ones are hatched, they begin to 
_ run like the young: ofall gallimaceous birds. 
When brought up tame they are fed at firft 
with eggs boiled hard,- with bread and ‘lettuce 
leaves minced; they muft not be permitted to. 
drink. water, or to walkout until the dew is off 
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