. The popular natural history . Zoology. GUINEA FOWL —(Numida meleagris.) PARTRIDGE.—(Perdix cinereus.) Sometimes a still greater number have been found, but in these cases it is tolerably evident from many observations that several birds have laid in the same nest. When the young are hatched they are strong on their legs at once, running about with ease, and mostly leaving the nest on the same day. The mother takes her little new-born brood to their feeding-places, generally ant-hills or caterpillar-hai nted spots, and aids them in their search after food by scratch- ing away the soil with he
. The popular natural history . Zoology. GUINEA FOWL —(Numida meleagris.) PARTRIDGE.—(Perdix cinereus.) Sometimes a still greater number have been found, but in these cases it is tolerably evident from many observations that several birds have laid in the same nest. When the young are hatched they are strong on their legs at once, running about with ease, and mostly leaving the nest on the same day. The mother takes her little new-born brood to their feeding-places, generally ant-hills or caterpillar-hai nted spots, and aids them in their search after food by scratch- ing away the soil with her feet. The nests of the wood ant, which are mostly found in fir plantations or hilly ground, being very full of inhabitants, very easily torn to pieces, and the ants ' and their larvae and pupa being very large, are favourite feeding-places of ?he Partridge, which in such localities is said to acquire a better flavour than among the lower pasture lands. The young brood, technically called a " covey," associate together, and have a very strong local tendency, adhering with great pertinacity to the same field or patch of land. When together they are mostly rather wild, and dart off at the least alarm with their well-knowrt whirring flight, just topping a hedge or wall and settling on the other side till again put up ; but when the members of the covey are separated they seem to dread the air, and crouch closely to the ground, so that it is the object of the sportsman to scatter ih^ covey and to pick th'.m up Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Wood, J. G. (John George), 1827-1889. New York, Burt Co
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