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did not ftep out of the inde, the ate 
the Quail’s. 
- In China ‘they hold thefe birds, as well as Selig 
others of this genus, in their hands, to keep 
them warm in the winter. 
_Quails are never plentiful in England, but they 
imported from France in large fquare boxes, 
aining about one hundred each: thefe boxes 
¢ divided into about five or fix partitions, one 
another; each of the partitions is about 
high enough for the Quails to ftand upright, and 
is furnithed with a little ae for nn hates 
in the forepart. -' 
Another fpecies is found in Java, it is called 
noife refembles the cry of the Bittern more than 
that of the common Quail. The moment the 
fun rifes it begins its cry, which is fo loud as to 
awake every body in the houfe; for this reafon 
the Noify Quails are kept as alarms. 
They are eafily tamed, but fo tender that they 
muft be expofed to the fun in the day, and kept 
them, or they are very apt to die. They will ~ 
walk about the yard in the day time like other 
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poultry — 
warm in the nights, and have fand ftrewed meer i 
the Noify Quail; it cries at intervals, but. its - 
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