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Turk^ U commonly said to have been intro- 

 duced iiito England, or cultivated in a domestic 

 state, in the reign of King Henry the Eighth. 



A very numerous genus called Tetrao or J^ar- 

 fridge succeeds. It contains a vast variety of 

 species, of which by far the major part are inha- 

 bitants of Africa and America. In our own 

 country the two prevailing species are the Com- 

 mon Partridge and the Common Quail. The 

 former of these is so well known that it would 

 appear a mere loss of time to particularize its 

 description. The latter or the Quail is less com- 

 mon ; and is a migratory species, varying its 

 quarters according to the season. The Quail, 

 says an excellent ornithologist, seems to spread en- 

 tirely through the old world, but does not inhabit 

 the new : it is seen from the Cape of Good Hope 

 even to Iceland ; and throughout Russia, Tartary, 

 and China; and is mentioned by so many tra- 

 vellers and in so many places, that we may almost 

 call it a universal inhabitant of the old continent. 

 In spring it migrates northward, and in autumn 

 southward ; and this in large flights, like most 

 other migrating birds. Twice in a year such 

 vast flights come into the island of Capri (in the 



