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colour of almoft the whole Head, the Neck, Back, and alio the greater part of the 

 Wings refpe&ing the Back of a * teftaceous colour, in brief very like to that of a *»jfcfigm'- 

 Hen-guail, wherefore it is by the Italians rightly called the King of Quails [ // re fc*^ P r c ' a 

 delle^ gualie ] which is as much to fay as a great Quail. The Wings where they are teftaceous° <•<> 

 contiguous to the Belly are red. The fore-part of the Neck and the beginning of ^ j sa red - 

 the Breaft are wholly teftaceous : The Belly and Hips like the Gofhdwfc £AcciptrkJlel- " 



larii. ~] The Female is all over of a paler colour. 



Bellonius defcribes this Bird by the title of the other Rail that lives in Broom fields. 

 £ Ortygometr£ alterim in genifik degentk. ] 



It is (aid to be the Quails Leader or Guide when they go from one place to ano- 

 ther. In the whole ihape of its body it refembles the Water-fowl, efpecially the 

 Morehen. Its Legs are long, its Body (lender, its Belly white, its Tail fhort, its Bill 

 pretty long 5 all which are marks of Water-fowl : Wherefore, in my judgment, it 

 more properly belongs to that Tribe, and ought thitherto be referred. 



This, if Imuchrniftakenot, is the Bird which Dr. Turner takes to be the Crex of 

 Ariftotle. There is ( faith he ) a certain Bird in England with long Legs, elfe like to 

 a Quail, lave that it is bigger, which among Corn and Flax in the Spring and begin- 

 ning of the Summer hath no other cry than Crex, Crex $ but this it often iterates : 

 Which I think to be the Crex of Ariftotle ; The Englifi call it a Daker-hen^ the Ger- 

 mans Ein Schryck. I never law or heard it any where in England lave in Northumber- 

 land. But feeing (as Gefner rightly ) it is manif eft by the teftimony of the moft anci- 

 ent Writer Herodotus, that the Crex is as big as the black Ibis, the Englifh Daker-hen 

 cannot be the Crex. Although this Bird be more rare in England, yet is it found every 

 where in Ireland in great plenty. 



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The Indian Quail 0/Bontius. 



THis Bird feeds by Coveys, like Cartridges, in the Woods of Java, although ic 

 be alfo made and kept tame, and its female, accompanied with her Brood, 

 walks up and down the Yards of houles like the common Hen 5 the Cocks alfo are no 

 left ftout, and given to fighting among themfelves till they kill one another, than the 

 Dunghil-Cocks. In the colour of their feathers they very nearly refemble the true 

 Quail : But their Bill is a little longer : They alfo make fuch an interrupted noifeor 

 cry by intervals as Quails are wont to do 3 but of a far different found from that of 

 Quails, more like to that horrid drumming noife which Bittours make among Reeds 

 in fenny places, which in Low Dutch we call Pittoor. The longer thefe Birds con- 

 tinue or draw out that cry, the more generous are they thought to be. They are of 

 fo cold a nature, that when (hut up in Cages or Coops, if you do not expofe them to 

 the Sun-beams, and ftrow Sand under them, they prefently languid], and run a hazard 

 of dying: And therefore by night after Sunfet, they fhrink up on a heap, as the Cuc- 

 kow doth with us in hollow trees in Winter-time, and in the trunks of trees cover 

 themfelves with their feathers. But when the Sun rifes they prefently fing, and that 

 found is heard many paces off, that you would wonder fo little a bird ( for they do 

 not exceed a common Pigeon or Turtle in bignefs ) ihould have fo deep and loud a 

 cry. Ihavefometimeskept of them in Cages, which would give me notice of the 

 approach of Morning or break of day, if I had any ferious bufinefs to do. For if 

 any bufinefs be to be done, it is moft commodiouQy difpatcht either in the Morning 

 or Evening. For the day time, while the Sunroafts all things with his fcorching heat, 

 is unfit for action, and very unhealthful to ftir much in. 



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