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6: -THE NATURAL. HISTORY 
The females lay fix or feven eggs on the 
ground; in about five or fix weeks the young 
begin to fly ; they leave their parents the begin- 
ning of winter, and keep in flocks until the 
{pring. | i 
They are often. hen by fowlers, who imitate 
their call, and when they are older they are hunt~ 
ed by falcons. 
| In Poland artificial birds are ufed, which are 
made up very much like the Black Cock; they 
collect together about thefe, and beginning to 
fight, they foon become fo deeply engaged, as to 
give the fowler an opportunity of fhooting them. 
| In ponate they were pepo fhot with ar- 
rows. 
Mr. Pennant we that now ae are taken in 
- Siberia in this manner :—In the open birch forefts 
a number of poles are placed horizontally on 
_ forked fticks, and fmall bundles. of corn are 
faftened to thefe poles—at a little diftance are 
fet tall bafkets, of the fhape of a fugar loaf, the 
wideft and open part uppermoft. Juft within 
the top of the bafket, is placed a flat round piece 
of wood, which is nicely balanced by an axis, Or 
pin, that pafles all acrofs it, fo that it will play: 
very readily, and fuffer either fide on the leat 
touch to drop, and afterwards to return again to 
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