. The illustrated natural history [microform]. Birds; Natural history; Oiseaux; Sciences naturelles. iclicc. Ill tlic lirM icii iiihiiiiciiij,' upon ('X]i(is('il .situations; iff wliicli is set tiital liiis 1)0011 previously il Olio KU])p(is(>,s (hat tliorcfurc, a iktsoii ly take t(i ; s oiglit: to ten og^ijs; s! niul tlioir ]ni|ia'. HT, craiilii'iTv, ami a iiiiiiilR'r di' black mi tlio aluliiiuc'ii is lil. The I't'iiialo is and neck, and tin' pcrcaillio is nearly TlIK I'. ClIOUSK. Tlic Cock (»1- TIIK I' is closely allied tn tlic jircroding sjtooios. It is an Ainori
. The illustrated natural history [microform]. Birds; Natural history; Oiseaux; Sciences naturelles. iclicc. Ill tlic lirM icii iiihiiiiciiij,' upon ('X]i(is('il .situations; iff wliicli is set tiital liiis 1)0011 previously il Olio KU])p(is(>,s (hat tliorcfurc, a iktsoii ly take t(i ; s oiglit: to ten og^ijs; s! niul tlioir ]ni|ia'. HT, craiilii'iTv, ami a iiiiiiilR'r di' black mi tlio aluliiiuc'ii is lil. The I't'iiialo is and neck, and tin' pcrcaillio is nearly TlIK I'. ClIOUSK. Tlic Cock (»1- TIIK I' is closely allied tn tlic jircroding sjtooios. It is an Ainoricaii bird, lioiiig luiind in the dry ]ilaiiis in tlie intoriur of soiitl (;:}⢠Caliiornni. scasoi lake Ibo cock of tl lorii ic woods, tliis bird is acciistonird dnring tlic brocdiii'^ 1 to disiKirt liiniscli' after a ix'ciiliar and ,urotes(|iie inanner, droo])ing his Aviims s|iicading liis (ail like a, i'an, pnHing out bis cro|> nntil the bare ycUow'^skin staiiTls |iroininen(1y birward, sonunvbat alter (be lasjuoii ol' (be pouter jiiucon, and erecting tlic imig silken pinnies of tbc neck. Tbns accoiitred, be ]iarailes tbe ground witb nuieli dignity, turning biinsedf about so as to disjilay bis sliape to tbc best advandigo, a vin"i( to ty of ratber ludicrous altitudes, and uttering ii loud booming cry ibat is coiniiared the sound made liv Itjowing strnnuiv into a laryc hollow reed Tlie nest ol' tiiis bird is made oi' dried ur; isscs and sniall twigs, and is ] )laced on tin th "loiiiid under tbe sbcller of bushes nv rank b(>rbngo. It is rather carernlly made, and lly contains from (liir(ecii to sevcuteon brown oggs lilotclicd with cliocolato on tlio s a gregarious liird, in little troojis in tlu' nviiera liii'L'e ( â nd. .riic Cock of (bo Plains i siiiiiiiier mid autumn, and in large Hocks of several hundred in number dirin"- ( ami laveiir. spring. The ilesli of this bird is eatable, but dark in iie wintc lur and not of a. very go
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