Guinea Fowl

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Mark Bowden, Rebirth of the Guinea Hens; The author抯 fowl defy the
blogosphere and stage a comeback. The Atlantic, March 2011.
http://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2011/03/rebirth-of-the-guinea-hens/8375/#

Note:
(a) Guineafowl
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guineafowl
(sometimes called guineahen; insect and seed-eating, ground-nesting birds;
with featherless heads, though both members of the genus Guttera have a
distinctive black crest; monogamous)

(i) "Guinea is a country in West Africa."
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guinea
(b) make short work of sth:
"informal
to finish or deal with something quickly

Well you certainly made short work of the chocolate cake! There's none left
for your dad."
Cambridge Dictionaries, undated.
http://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/british/make-short-w

(c) keet (n): "a young guinea fowl"
dictionary.com
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