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cealed. They breed twice a year, and build on 
low branches orftumps of trees. ‘They feed their 
young with worms, and fmall infects, whilft they 
are in the neft; afterwards they ‘eat ee and — 
grafts, 
T heir flefh is | efteemed a meer and 8 
may be tamed. 
Another fpecies is called the Courier, becaufe 
it is faid to outrun the fwifteft horfe ; it flies low. 
This bird is found in Mexico, its plumage is 
white and tawny; the tail is long and green,” 
Genus 69. - ON UMID A. 
The head is fibnithien with a horn. The neck is ‘Comte 
preffed and naked, or only flightly befet with briftles. 
It has wattles hanging from the cheeks, — 
» The bill is furnifhed with a cere, in which the noftrils 
are lodged. 
HIS bird is called the at or Guinea 
Fowl. It comes originally from Africa, — 
_and may in fome meafure be tamed, it runs about, 
_ making a frequent and {creaming noife ; the fea- 
ogre of the neck are names upwards from the 
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