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itfelf did not ftep out of the circle, the velory 
was the Quail’s, | 
adn China they hold thefe birds, as well as fie: | 
ral others of this genus, in their Rant to keep 
them warm in the winter. 3 
Quails are never plentiful in England, but they 
are imported from France in large fquare boxes, - 
~- containing about one hundred each: thefe boxes 
are divided into about five or fix partitions, one 
above another; each of the partitions is about 
| high enough for the Quails to fland upright, and 
is furnifhed with a little trough for food, and has 
| wires in the forepart, | 
Another fpecies is found in Java, it is called. 
the Noify Quail; it cries at intervals, but its 
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 eaiily tamed, but fo tender that they 
muft be expofed to the fun in the day, and kept 
warm in the nights, and have fand ftrewed under 
them, or they are very apt to die, They will 
walk about the yard in the day time like other 
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