90 NATURAL HISTORY OF SHAKESPEARE. 
Petrucio . What, is the jay more precious than the 
lark, 
Because his feathers are more beautiful ? 
Taming of the Shrew, Act iv. Scene 3. 
PHEASANT. 
Clown. Advocate’s the court-word for a pheasant; 
say, you have none. 
Shepherd, None, sir; I have no pheasant, cock 
nor hen. 
A Winter’s Tale, Act iv. Scene 3. 
PARTRIDGE. 
Beatrice . . . . he’ll but break a comparison 
or two on me ; which, peradventure, not marked, or 
not laughed at, strikes him into melancholy; and 
then there’s a partridge wing saved, for the fool will 
eat no supper that night. 
Much Ado about Nothing, Act ii. Scene 1. 
Warwick. Who finds the partridge in the puttock’s 
nest, 
But may imagine how the bird was dead, 
Although the kite soar with unblooded beak'? 
King Henry VI., Part II. Act iii. Scene 2. 
QUAIL. 
Thersites . Here’s Agamemnon,—an honest fellow 
enough, and one that loves quails; 
Troilus and Cressida, Act v. Scene 1. 
