Cm Preoet a: a 
mifchievous difpofition, and frequently kill E young. 
Chickens. (a 
Like other plestett birds, they nae the 
duft with their feet amongft their feathers, in ore 
der to get rid of infe€ts ; they fcratch the ground 
like Poultry, and in Africa ga in flocks, but here 
‘they frequently feparate in pairs. 
In the Ifle of Mayo, one of the Cape de Verd 
iflands, they go in flocks of two or three hun- 
dred, The iflanders hunt them with dogs; they 
fly heavily, but run very fait, and roof in high 
po eee 7 
The hen lays a great number of eggs, and they | 
are much nicer than. thofe of a common Hen, 
but the is fo wild, that in a domeftic fate fhe 
~ makes a very indifferent nurfe. 
The young Guinea Fowl therefore are beft 
reared under a common Hen. They require 
preat care in bringing up, but this depends much 
on the feafon, for they muft be preferved from 
the wet, the cold, and the dew, and yet have 
the opportunity of — themfelves with in< 
q fect food. 


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Their egos are {maller, and more round than 
 thofe of the common Hen, of a reddith white CO. 
oo Quits freckled with {mall fpots. The fhell is re- 
markably 
