. History of British birds : the figures engraved on wood . f pairing commences : Duringthis period, the cock places hirafelf on an emi-nence, where he difplays a variety of pleafmg atti-tudes ; the feathers on his head Hand ereft, his neckfwells, his tail is difplayed, and his wings trail al-moft on the ground, his eyes fparkle, and the fear-let patch on each fide of his head alTumes a deeperdye; at the fame time he utters his well-knowncry, which has been compared to the found produ-ced by the whetting of a fey the ; it may be heardat a confiderable diftance, and never fails to drawaround hi
. History of British birds : the figures engraved on wood . f pairing commences : Duringthis period, the cock places hirafelf on an emi-nence, where he difplays a variety of pleafmg atti-tudes ; the feathers on his head Hand ereft, his neckfwells, his tail is difplayed, and his wings trail al-moft on the ground, his eyes fparkle, and the fear-let patch on each fide of his head alTumes a deeperdye; at the fame time he utters his well-knowncry, which has been compared to the found produ-ced by the whetting of a fey the ; it may be heardat a confiderable diftance, and never fails to drawaround him his faithful mates. The female laysfrom eight to fixteen eggs, which are w^hite, fpot-ted with yellow, and larger than thofe of the com-mon Hen; for this purpofe ftie chufes fome fecretfpot, where Ihe can fit in fecurity; flie covers hereggs carefully over with leaves, when llie is underthe neceflity of leaving them in fearch of young follow the hen as foon as they arehatched, fometimes with part of the Ihell attachedto them. 298 BRITISH «3!
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