THE QUAIL 107 



Quails. Canon Tristam has a note on this incident 

 and "the fully satisfied hungry people," that the 

 very " Hebrew name selav^ in its Arabic form 

 salwa, signifies fat, very descriptive of the round 

 plump form and fat flesh of the Quail." 



Ten is said to be the average of the clutch 

 of eggs laid, which number partly explains the 

 enormous flocks which come year after year in 

 spite of the incessant raids made upon them. If 

 by chance you do see Quails rise from the crops 

 you are instantly reminded of partridges ; but 

 they never rise as high as the latter birds, and 

 though I have heard of their answering to being 

 "driven," I should think they give very un- 

 satisfactory shooting, as they are rarely more than 

 a foot or two above the crops, whether they be 

 clover or young corn. 



