QUAIL. 
The Quail is a tolerably common little 
bird, visiting this country in the summer. 
Countless flocks of them are spread over 
the whole of Southern Europe, and mul- 
titudes are taken and sent to London the 
markets; thirty six thousand having 
been purchased during one season by the 
London poulterers. 
Temminck states that hundreds of 
thousands arrive in Naples and Provence, 
and are so fatigued that for several days 
they suffer themselves to be taken by 
hand. We are here reminded of the flight 
of Quails with wLich the Israelites were 
