I made this up last night to use up the last of a roast guinea-fowl we had the other night. ❋ Mrs Frog (2006)
"Anna uses traditional African techniques in a glamorous and modern way," says designer Paul Smith, who carries her line in his shops, where the $800 flamingo and guinea-fowl feather shawl is a best seller. ❋ Unknown (2007)
“I should prefer a moor-cock or guinea-fowl,” replied Pencroft, “still, if they are good to eat —” ❋ Unknown (2005)
Some guinea-fowl flew up as if startled, and a stembok scurried out. ❋ Unknown (2005)
Zebra, giraffe, elephant, and rhinoceros are most common; ptarmigan and guinea-fowl were also plentiful. ❋ Henry Morton (2004)
Outside nothing is heard beyond the cry of a stray florican, or guinea-fowl, which has lost her mate, or the hoarse croaking of the frogs in the pool hard by, or the song of the crickets which seems to lull the day to rest; inside our camp are heard the gurgles of the gourd pipes as the men inhale the blue ether, which I also love. ❋ Henry Morton (2004)
They say that they do not want more venison, it is so dry and tasteless, and ask why we do not give them shot to shoot the more savoury guinea-fowl. ❋ Unknown (2004)
At Tette we are told of a white hunter, of unusually small stature, who plumped into a pit while stalking a guinea-fowl on a tree. ❋ Unknown (2004)
The slayer of the young elephant, having buried his four bullets in as many buffaloes, fired three charges of No. 1 shot he had for killing guinea-fowl. ❋ Unknown (2004)
Two shots had been fired at guinea-fowl a little way off in the valley; the women fled into the woods, and the men came to know if war was meant, and a few of the old folks only returned after hearing that we were for peace. ❋ Unknown (2004)
Younger members of the family indeed would have done without a joint altogether, preferring guinea-fowl, or lobster salad — something which appealed to the imagination, and had less nourishment — but these were females; or, if not, had been corrupted by their wives, or by mothers, who having been forced to eat saddle of mutton throughout their married lives, had passed a secret hostility towards it into the fibre of their sons. ❋ Unknown (2004)
I shot three brace of guinea-fowl in the neighbourhood of Misonghi, the deserted village we occupied, and ❋ Henry Morton (2004)
Of native birds there are none; but the guinea-fowl, imported from the Cape de Verd Islands, is abundant, and the common fowl has likewise run wild. ❋ Unknown (2003)
Near Fuentes we saw a large flock of guinea-fowl -- probably fifty or sixty in number. ❋ Unknown (2003)
The doves on the palm trees around them cooed softly, and other birds fluttered amid the grass: ring-necked glareolas, Tartessus quails and Punic guinea-fowl. ❋ Unknown (2003)
Some eggs are white, as those of the pigeon and of the partridge; others are yellowish, as the eggs of marsh birds; in some cases the eggs are mottled, as the eggs of the guinea-fowl and the pheasant; while the eggs of the kestrel are red, like vermilion. ❋ Unknown (2002)
Jenkins and friend:
“[Tither], [Thither], Jenkins! I do believe that man is quite the [pheasant-faced Guinea fowl] I believed him to be!”
“Quite right ol’ matey look at him strouthing around like a lesser-man”
[Pheasant-faced Guinea fowl]:
“Hogwash you buccaneer! Prepare yourselves for a dashing round of fisticuffs!” ❋ Johnny87479 (2018)
