$2 THE NATURAL HISTORY 
poultry when tame; in their wild fate they keep 
together in coveys. | 
This fpecies is the fize of the ikl e, its bill is 
longer than the common Quail; in other refpects 
they are much alike, both as. to form and plu- 
The Andalufian Quail has only three toes, all 
placed forward: it is a bird of paflage, and is 
eafily run down and caught, for after it has been 
fprung two or three times it becomes fatigued, 
and is eafily overtaken, There are fome other 
“Species, but very little is known of their manners. 
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