CHINESE QUAIL, 
" This Quail," adds Edwards, " differs 
chiefly from ours, in being not above half it^s 
size ; in the black marks on it's throat ; and 
in the redness of it's under side. It was brought 
alive from Nanquin, in China, by a Captain 
in the P^ast India Company's service ; who 
presented it to Mr. Leman, at the College of 
Physicians, London. This gentleman, after it 
died, set it up in a glass-case, very curiously ; 
and lent it to me, to draw it's figure. The 
Captain, who gave it to Mr^ Leman, in- 
formed him, that these birds, in China^ are 
trained up to fight with each other ; and that 
they lay great sums of money on their heads, 
as our Cock-Fighters in England do on their 
Cocks. I believe this to be the first figure 
and description of this Chinese Quail. The 
Chinese have, also, in their country, the 
Common Quail, the saiue which we have in 
Europe, as plainly appears by their piilures."" 
BufFon also notices their pugnacious dispo- 
sition. *' These little Quails," says he, " have 
this character in common with the ordinary 
sorts, that they fight obstinately with each 
other ; particularly, the males ; and the Chinese 
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