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The Chinefe Quail is a very fmall {pecies, the- 
body is beautifully {potted with grey, the throat is 
black, the cheeks and fore part of the neck white, 
They are found in China, and the Phillipine 
Hlands,. The Chinefe ufe them. to keep their 
hands warm in winter ; and the Europeans often ~ 
buy them to make pies with. on.their.voyage home. 
— from China.. | > 
There is a-fpecies called the Pintado Partrfdge,. 
becaufe it makes a noife like. the Pintado, or 
Guinea Fowl; itperches on trees,. and i is found 
in Madagafcar. 
‘The Damafcus Partridge, peree fpecies, ihe 
le legs, and a bill longer than the common 
Partridge, though it be a fmaller bird, has often 
been feen paffing through France in large flocks; 
one hundred and fifty or two hundred were topped a 
‘a whole day in their paffage by a call -bird of the — 
common fpecies, which they very much refemble, 
The Pearl Partridge is another {pecies, inhabits 
China, and is ufed by the Chinefe, like others. 
of this genus, to keep their hands warm, in 
winter. : 
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