Class n. PEACOCK, &c 369 



" The quail together with the stork, and 

 many other species of birds, arrive from Africa 

 into Greece, during the prevalence of the warm 

 southerly wind the Ornithex, in the month of 

 April. I have twice had an opportunity of ob- 

 serving the birds on their passage ; once between 

 Cyprus and Rhodes, and another time between 

 the Morea and Crete, when several species 

 alighted on the vessels and were caught. Be- 

 Ion notices the same occurrence. All these 

 birds have their fixed periods of return in the 

 autumn, from the tenth of August to the end of 

 September, when some of them, particularly the 

 Turtle Dove and Quail, are remarkably fat, 

 whereas at their first arrival they are lean. At 

 each of these periods, as they congregate on 

 points of land and small islands, they are caught 

 or shot in great numbers."] 



To the birds of this genus we should add the 

 whole tribe of domestic land fowl, such as Pea- 

 cocks, Pheasants, &c; but these cannot claim 

 even an European origin. 



India gave us Peacocks ; and we are assured* Peacocks, 

 they are still found in the wild state, in vast 

 flocks, in the islands of Ceylon and Java. So 



* Knox's hist, of Ceylon. 28. 

 VOL. I. 2 B 



