Guinea Fowl
So called because it was brought to us from the coast of
Guinea, where it is very common.
“Notwithstanding their barsh cry ... I like the Guinea-fowl. They
are excellent layers, and enormous devourers of insects.” —D. G.
Mitchell: My Farm of Edgewood. chap. iii. p. 192.
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