. Frank Forester's field sports of the United States and British provinces of North America [microform]. Game and game-birds; Hunting; Gibier; Chasse. UPLAND SHOOTINO. 83 sons at four weeks, when the eggs were placed under the domestic Hen. The young leave the nest as soon as they are freed from the shell, and are conducted about in search of food by the female; are guided by her voice, which, at that time resembles the twittering of young chickens, and sheltered by her wmgs m the same manner as the domestic fowl, but with all that secrecy and precaution for their safety which their helplessne
. Frank Forester's field sports of the United States and British provinces of North America [microform]. Game and game-birds; Hunting; Gibier; Chasse. UPLAND SHOOTINO. 83 sons at four weeks, when the eggs were placed under the domestic Hen. The young leave the nest as soon as they are freed from the shell, and are conducted about in search of food by the female; are guided by her voice, which, at that time resembles the twittering of young chickens, and sheltered by her wmgs m the same manner as the domestic fowl, but with all that secrecy and precaution for their safety which their helplessness and greater danger require. In this situation, should the little timid family be unexpectedly surprised, the utmost alarm and consternation prevails. The mother throws herself m the path, fluttering along and beating the ground with her wmgs, as if sorely wounded, using every artifice she is master ot to entice the passenger in pursuit of herself, uttering at the same time certain peculiar notes of alarm, well understood by the young, who dive separately amongst the grass, and secrete hemse ves until the danger is over, and the parent, havin-. decoyed the pursuer to a safe distance, returns by a circuitous route to collect and lead them off. This well known manoeuvre which nme times in ten is successful, is honorable to the feel- ings and judgment of the bird, but a severe satire on man The affectionate mother, as if sensible of the avaricious cruelty of his nature, tempts him with a larger prize to save her more helpless offspring, and pays him as avarice and cruelty ought always to be paid, with mortification and disappointment The eggs of the Quail have been frequently placed under the domestic Hen, and hatched and reared with equax success as her own, though generally speaking, the young Partridges, being more restless and vagrant, often lose themselves and disappear. The Hen ought to be a particular good nurse, not at ail disposed to ramble, in which case they are very
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