g3 THE NATURAL HISTORY 
_ ‘They are very fond of wild cherries, and fre- 
quently fwallow them whole, 
Though in general they rooft on trees, yet 
they lay their eggs in a hole in the ground, which 
they line with leaves, or dried grafs; they breed 
_ twice a year, laying twelve or fifteen eggs. 
Their flight i is fhort and — but a run 
Pw {wiftly. | 
They go in flocks, and are feldom feen alone, | 
or even in pairs. ‘They are frequently calling 
one another, efpecially morning and evening ; pe 
their cry is low, trembling, and mournful, and 
often — them to fowler. 
Of thefe birds there are fetal Species. | f 
Firft, The Great Finamou. The top of the a 
head is a reddifh brown, the body a greyifh olive 
_ brown, upper part of the back, wing coverts, 
and tail, marked with dufky {pots. : 
The female lays fifteen eggs of a beastie . 
green, the fize of a Hen’s. She makes her neft 
on the ground, near the ftump of a tree, and if 
the thinks it is difcovered, fhe rolls the eges to 
another place at fome diftance. The young fol- — a 
low their parent as foon as they are hatched, and. 
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