
from that country) they feemed to” thew pone ra 
uneafinefs, they walked haftily backwards and 
forwards in the cage, and flew againft the top 
with fo much violence, that they would fall back 
almoft fenfelefs : fometimes they would be agita- 
ted in this manner almoft all night long, in 
general they began in the morning, about an hour 
before fun-rife, and this uncafinels continued Beary. 
a month at a time. 
Tt. is probable that. they ceiicsally fly in ‘the: 
night, becaufe they are feldom feen to arrive in 
the day. In Silefia, which is in Germany, they 
¢ome in May, and go arty about the: beginning 
of September. 
As Belon was pafling: from Rhodes to Alex= 
andria, in autumn, he faw a large flock of Quails 
going from the north towards the fouth; the 
fpring before he faw a: number -pafing from the 
fouth, northwards. As thefe birds fly very heavi-~ 
ly, in, order to vifit fuch diftant.,countries they 
take the advantage of the wind, and begin their. 
flight when it blows in: fuch a direction as to 
afaftt them.. ‘ 
Sometimes when the wind changes during their 
paflage, they alight in great numbers upon any: 
D 3 fhips- 
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