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. 
