THE EUROPEAN QUAIL. 
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Synonymes. 
• Ok Ornithologists. 
Of the French. 
Of the Germans. 
| Of the Spaniards and 
• Portuguese. 
Of the Italians. 
Of the British and 
Anolo-Americans. 
Tetrao coturnix , 
Caille, 
Waclitel, 
Codorniz, 
Quaglia, 
Quail, Common Quail, 
E SIDES beauty of form and plumage, the song of 
the common quail of the Old World is no slight re¬ 
commendation to the amateur. In the breeding sea¬ 
son, that of the male commences by repeating softly, tones 
resembling verra , verra , followed by the word pieveroie , uttered 
in a bold tone, with the neck raised, the eyes shut, and the head 
inclined on one side. Those that repeat the last syllables ten 
or twelve times, consecutively, are the most esteemed. That of 
the female only consists of verra , verra, pupu, pupu, the last two 
syllables being those by which the male and the female attract 
one another’s attention; when alarmed or angry, their cry 
resembles guillah! but at other times, it is only a murmur, 
A resembling the purring of a cat. This bird never sings when ^ 
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