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before they are flushed,; and when they are forced 
upon wing, they seldom fly far. They are easily 
drawn within reach of a net by a call imitating 
their cry, which is not unlike the syllables zvliit, 
whit, xvhit. The males are birds of great courage, 
and their quarrels often terminate in mutual de- 
struction. The Athenians and Romans were very 
partial to quail-fighting, which is practised in China 
to this day. It is related of Augustus, that he 
punished a prefect of Egypt with death, for 
bringing to his table one of these birds which had 
acquired celebrity for its victories ! 
COROMANDEL QUAIL. 
(Coturnix textilis.) 
Co. corpore supra fusco nigro rufoque vario, pennarum fascia 
media longitudinali albo-riifu, subtus albo, nigro longihidi- 
naliter striato, gutturis macula nigra^ colli fascia longitudinali 
nigra, (Femina dilutioribus ; guld fused . ) 
Quail with the body above brown, varied with black and rufous ; 
the feathers with a longitudinal whitish red fascia in the 
middle 5 beneath white, longitudinally striped with black ; 
the throat with a black spotj the neck with a longitudinal 
black fascia. {^Female paler, with a brown throat.) 
Coturnix textilis. Temm. Gall. Ind. p>. 742. 
Perdix Coromandelica. Lath. Ind. Orn. 2 . 654. 38. 
Tetrao Coroniandelicus. Gmel. Syst. Nat. 1 , /64.5S. 
La petite Caille de Gingi. Sonner. Voy. Ind. 2 . 172 . 
Caille nattec. Temm. Pig. et Gall. 3. 512. 
Coromandel Quail. Lath. Gen. Syn, 4. 789* 8*1- 
