' 116 THE EUROPEAN QUAIL. 



A small box, two feet long, one foot deep, and four high, of any 

 shape which is preferred ; in this are left two or three openings, 

 one for drinking at, the other to give light; besides this all is 

 dark ; the bottom is a drawer, which should be covered with 

 sand, and have a seed drawer at one end ; the top is of green 

 cloth; for as the quail often springs up it would hurt itself were 

 it of wood. The case should be suspended during the summer 

 outside the window, for the quail sings much more when con- 

 fined in this manner than if allowed to range the room, where 

 there are many -hings to call off its attention from its song. 



