42 THE NATURAL HISTORY 
back. The warty fkin of the cock is faid to be 
blue, that of the female red, 
Though Guinea Fowls were fir bebiabt 
from Africa, yet they are now to be found both 
in Europe and in America, where they have been 
conveyed in confequence ef our trade with Africa. — 
Their plumage is very remarkable, the grouad 
is a bluifh or blackith grey, ftudded with an amaz- 
ing number of white fmall round {pots. Such 
at lealt are their feathers in a wild ftate, but as 
vall -domettic fowls and animals lofe in part their — 
original marks ; we fee many Guinea Fowls with 
white breatts, fome entirely white, fome. of a 
faint bluifh caft, and others part of whofe fea~ 
thers only area clear white, and the reft {potted 
on a bluifh or blackith ground. | 4 
The wings of this bird are fhort, arid the tail — 
falls like that of the Partridge, fo that it feems 4 
rather hump-backed, but it appears fo only from | 
the form in which the feathers lie. | | 
ies 3 hey are very quarreifome birds, and gene- ; 
rally make themfelves mafters of the poultry-yard; 
‘in their attacks they are fo nimble, fo violent, 
‘and fo perfevering, that they oftentimes beat a 
«Turkey cock, though he be fo much fuperior in 
‘fize. They are befides of a very petulant and | 
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