VERTEBEATES: BIRDS. 



QUAILS. 

 These birds are much smaller than the Grouse, and 

 about forty kinds are found in America. The Quail 



Fig. 143. — Quail. 



has a body about as large as a pigeon, and its color is 

 reddish brown. In Pennsylvania and southward it is 



Fig. 144. — Mountain Quail. 



