92 COTUENIX DACTYLISONANS. 



On December 14th, 1846, with ice and snow upon the ground, a Quail 

 rose and was killed when I was shooting in the Holts, S. Neots, Huntingdon- 

 shire ; it was a young bird, 3J oz. in weight, and had no patch on the throat. 



The remarkable black throat, sometimes observed, is figured in Part II. 

 p. 90. 



Lord Lilford, speaking of the Booted Eagle (^Aquila pennata) (Ibis, 1866, 

 n. s. Yol. i. p. 174), observes thus :— "The natives told me that this Eagle is 

 the scourge of the Quails, which abound in Andalucia." 



Shaw says of our bird (Gen. Zool. vol. xi. Aves, p. 363) : — " In China 

 they are extremely abundant and, like Coturnioo excalfactoria, are used by the 

 inhabitants to warm their hands." He also notices the story that Augustus 

 put the Prefect of Egypt to death for bringing to his table a Quail which had 

 fought well in a battle with another. 



