so THE NATURAL HISTORY 
dre very conftant to each other ; in May or June 
they lay, their nefts are made with very little care | 
with grafs or ftraw, or a_few leaves collected to- 
| gether, oftentimes. in the hollow left by the foot of 
a horfe or cow. The female lays genera lly | from 
. fifteen to twenty eggs. She is never relieved 
whilft fitting by the male; during’ this confine- 
» ment, which i is about cae weeks, fhe lofes moft 
of the feathers from her breaft the fits very clofe, ; 
and never leaves the neft wikosenctente the eggs 
with leaves or graf The male bird is always 
hear, and ready to acconipany his. patthet: eee | 
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the goes in fearch of food. _ 
ne young ones run about the moment they 
are hatched, occafionally with He of te nee 
ppen their backs. 
ate fometimes ‘happens that the young of Pars 
tridges, of ‘Turkeys, of common Poultry, and 
of Pigeons, about the time they fhould be hatch. 
ed, are found déad, their feathers fticking to the 
infide of the thell this, it is ‘faid, may be pre- 
verited by putting the eggs into ‘water flightly 
warm, for about five of fix minutes; perhaps 
the moifture may pafs through the pores of ae 
fell, and help to loofen the feathers, : 
The male afits the female i ein ‘the care of the | 
gene fhews then what is proper for their food, 
ee: and — 

