gf THE NATURAL HISTORY 
 Thefe Partridges breed very faft about the be- 
ginning of May, and are often feen in coveys of 
_. more than twenty.. 
Early in June they solledt in dricat flocks, fre- 
-quenting orchards; they feed much upon buck 
wheat, which makes them fat, nee are then very | 
delicate food. 
At the approach of winter they migrate into 
the fouthern provinces of North America, and 
they have lately been introduced into Jamaica, 
Peo bp increafe very confiderably. 
The. Maryland Partridge has white eyebrows; | 
cand the back part-of the head white, ee with 
‘black. | 
Tn its habits or manners’it-very much refem- 
bles the Virginia Partridge:; it multiplies very faft, 
laying from twenty to twenty-five eggs. 
‘Towards winter they grow tame ; they come 
into farm-yard in flocks of three or four dozen, 
for the loofe grain, and frequent the high. roads 
for what they can find there to eat. 
The Crefted Quail, another fae ‘Of the 
-'Tetrao Genus, has a narrow creft on its head, 
an inch in length. It inhabits baovgin and 
oo ya 
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