A hand-book to the game-birds

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Identifier: handbooktogamebi02ogil (find matches)
Title: A hand-book to the game-birds
Year: 1895 (1890s)
Authors: Ogilvie-Grant, W. R. (William Robert), 1863-1924
Subjects: Game and game-birds Upland game birds
Publisher: London : W.H. Allen & Co.
Contributing Library: American Museum of Natural History Library
Digitizing Sponsor: Biodiversity Heritage Library

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ts. I do not know for certain whether the species is poly-gamous or monogamous, but from what I have observed Ishould think the latter; for although the male does not, Ibelieve, assist in incubation, yet when the chicks are hatched,he is often to be found in company with his mate and littleones. These birds are, I believe, quite untamable, even whenreared from the egg, and though in the latter case they maynot be so wild as those captured in maturity, they never takekindly to domestic life, and avail themselves of the firstopportunity for escaping. It is needless to say that they can-not easily be induced to breed in captivity. I have known theexperiment tried time after time unsuccessfully. Nest.—Like that of the Red Jungle-Fowl. The period ofincubation appears to vary much in different localities, eggshaving been found from October to June. Eggs.—Vary much in shape and colour, the extreme typesbeing a long oval with fine shell, and a broad oval conspicuously PLATE X. ^^