See also:

• QUAIL (0. Fr. Quaille, Mod. Fr. Caille, Ital. Quaglia, Low Lat. Quaquila, Du. Kwakkel and Kwartel, Ger. Wachtel, Dan. Vagtel)

QUAIL (0. Fr. Quaille, Mod. Fr. Caille, Ital. Quaglia, See also:

• LOW, SETH (1850- )
• LOW, WILL HICOK (1853- )

Low See also:

• LAT

Lat. Quaquila, Du. Kwakkel and Kwartel, Ger. Wachtel, See also:

• DAN

Dan. Vagtel)  , a well-known See also:

• BIRD

bird throughout almost all countries of See also:

• EUROPE

Europe, See also:

• ASIA

Asia and See also:

• AFRICA
• AFRICA, ROMAN

Africa— in See also:

• MODERN

modern See also:

• ORNITHOLOGY

ornithology the Coturnix communis or C. dactylisonans . This last epithet was given from the See also:

• PECULIAR

peculiar three-syllabled See also:

• CALL (from Anglo-Saxon ceallian, a common Teutonic word, cf. Dutch kallen, to talk or chatter)

call-See also:

• NOTE
• NOTE (Lat. nota, mark, sign, from noscere, to know)

note of the See also:

• COCK, EDWARD (1805-1892)

cock, which has been grotesquely rendered in several See also:

• EUROPEAN

European See also:

• LANGUAGES

languages, and in some parts of See also:

• GREAT

Great See also:

• BRITAIN (Gr. Hperavuml vi7vot, Bperravia; Lat. Britannia, rarely Britannia)

Britain the See also:

• SPECIES

species is popularly known by the See also:

• NICKNAME

nickname of " wet-my-lips " or " wet-my-feet." The See also:

• QUAIL (0. Fr. Quaille, Mod. Fr. Caille, Ital. Quaglia, Low Lat. Quaquila, Du. Kwakkel and Kwartel, Ger. Wachtel, Dan. Vagtel)

quail varies some-what in See also:

• COLOUR (Lat. color, connected with celare, to hide, the root meaning, therefore, being that of a covering)

colour, and the variation is rather individual than attributable to See also:

• LOCAL

local causes; but generally the plumage may be described as reddish-See also:

• BROWN
• BROWN, CHARLES BROCKDEN (1771-181o)
• BROWN, FORD MADOX (1821-1893)
• BROWN, FRANCIS (1849- )
• BROWN, GEORGE (1818-188o)
• BROWN, HENRY KIRKE (1814-1886)
• BROWN, JACOB (1775–1828)
• BROWN, JOHN (1715–1766)
• BROWN, JOHN (1722-1787)
• BROWN, JOHN (1735–1788)
• BROWN, JOHN (1784–1858)
• BROWN, JOHN (1800-1859)
• BROWN, JOHN (1810—1882)
• BROWN, JOHN GEORGE (1831— )
• BROWN, ROBERT (1773-1858)
• BROWN, SAMUEL MORISON (1817—1856)
• BROWN, SIR GEORGE (1790-1865)
• BROWN, SIR JOHN (1816-1896)
• BROWN, SIR WILLIAM, BART
• BROWN, THOMAS (1663-1704)
• BROWN, THOMAS (1778-1820)
• BROWN, THOMAS EDWARD (1830-1897)
• BROWN, WILLIAM LAURENCE (1755–1830)

brown above, almost each See also:

• FEATHER (0. Eng. (ether, Ger. Feder, from an Indo-European root seen also in Gr. lrrepov, and aEreo-Oat, to fly)

feather being transversely patched with dark brown interrupted by a See also:

• LONGITUDINAL

longitudinal stripe of See also:

• LIGHT

light See also:

• BUFF (from Fr. bu.ffie, a buffalo)

buff; the See also:

• HEAD (in 0. Eng. heafad; the word is common to Teutonic languages; cf. Dutch hoofd, Ger. Haupt, generally taken to be in origin connected with Lat. caput, Gr. KerbOvi7)
• HEAD, SIR EDMUND WALKER, BART
• HEAD, SIR FRANCIS BOND, BART

head is dark brown above, with three longitudinal streaks of ochreous-See also:

• WHITE
• WHITE, ANDREW DICKSON (1832– )
• WHITE, GILBERT (1720–1793)
• WHITE, HENRY KIRKE (1785-1806)
• WHITE, HUGH LAWSON (1773-1840)
• WHITE, JOSEPH BLANCO (1775-1841)
• WHITE, RICHARD GRANT (1822-1885)
• WHITE, ROBERT (1645-1704)
• WHITE, SIR GEORGE STUART (1835– )
• WHITE, SIR THOMAS (1492-1567)
• WHITE, SIR WILLIAM ARTHUR (1824--1891)
• WHITE, SIR WILLIAM HENRY (1845– )
• WHITE, THOMAS (1628-1698)
• WHITE, THOMAS (c. 1550-1624)

white; the sides of the See also:

• BREAST (a word common to Teutonic languages, cf. the Ger. Brust, possibly connected with an O. Sax. brustian, to bud)

breast and flanks are reddish-brown, distinctly striped with ochreous-white; the See also:

• REST (O. Eng. rest, reste, bed, cognate with other Teutonic forms, e.g. Ger. Rast, Riiste, rest, and probably Gothic Rasta, league, i.e. resting or stopping place)

rest of the See also:

• LOWER

lower parts are See also:

• PALE (through Fr. pal, from Lat. palms, a stake, for paglus, from the stem pag- of pangere, to fix; " pole " is from the same original source)

pale buff, clouded with a darker shade, and passing into white on the belly . The cock, besides being generally brighter in tint, not unfrequently has the See also:

• CHIN

chin and a See also:

• DOUBLE
• DOUBLE (from the Mid. Eng. duble, the form which gives the present pronunciation, through the Old Er. duble, from Lat. duplus, twice as much)

double-See also:

• THROAT (O. Eng. protu, prote or }Prota, possibly from preotan, to press, whence threat, or, with loss of initial s, connected with strut, to swell)

throat See also:

• BAND

band of reddish or blackish-brown, which marks are wanting in the See also:

• HEN

hen, whose breast is usually spotted . Quails breed on the ground, and See also:

• LAY

lay from nine to fifteen eggs of a yellowish-white, blotched and spotted with dark brown . Though essentially migratory by nature, not a few quails pass the See also:

• WINTER, JOHN STRANGE
• WINTER, PETER (c. 1755-1825)

winter in the See also:

• NORTHERN

northern hemisphere and even in Britain, and many more in See also:

• SOUTHERN

southern Europe . In See also:

• MARCH
• MARCH (1) (from Fr. marcher, to walk; the earliest sense in French appears to be " to trample," and the origin has usually been found in the Lat. marcus, hammer; Low Lat. marcare, to hammer; hence to beat the road with the regular tread of a soldier: cf.
• MARCH, AUZIAS (c. "1395-1458)
• MARCH, EARLS OF
• MARCH, FRANCIS ANDREW (1825– )

March and See also:

• APRIL

April they See also:

• CROSS

cross the Mediterranean from the See also:

• SOUTH
• SOUTH, ROBERT (1634–1716)

south on the way to their breeding homes in large bands, but these are said to be as nothing compared with the enormous flights that emigrate from Europe towards the end of See also:

• SEPTEMBER (Lat. septem, seven)

September . During both migrations immense See also:

• NUMBERS, BOOK OF
• NUMBERS, PARTITION OF

numbers are netted for the See also:

• MARKET (Lat. mercatus, trade or place of trade)

market, since they are almost universally esteemed as delicate See also:

• MEAT

meat . The flesh of quails caught in See also:

• SPRING (from " to spring," " to leap or jump up," " burst out," O. Eng., springau, a common Teut. word, cf. Ger. springer, possibly allied to Gr. QnrFpxecOac, to move rapidly)

spring commonly proves dry and indifferent, but that of those taken in autumn, especially when they have been kept See also:

• LONG, GEORGE (1800-1879)
• LONG, JOHN DAVIS (1838– )

long enough to grow See also:

• FAT (O.E. fdett; the word is common to Teutonic languages, cf. Dutch vet, Ger. Fett, &c., and may be ultimately related to Greek Irian, and =apos, and Sanskrit pivan)

fat, as they quickly do, is excellent . In no See also:

• PART

part of the See also:

• BRITISH

British islands at See also:

• PRESENT

present do quails exist in sufficient numbers to be the especial See also:

• OBJECT

object of See also:

• SPORT (a contracted or shortened form of "disport," to amuse, divert oneself, O. Fr. se dis porter or deporter, to leave off work, hence to play, Lat. dis-, away, and portare, to carry; the origin of the meaning lies in the notion of turning away from ser

sport . In old days they were taken in See also:

• ENGLAND
• ENGLAND, THE CHURCH OF

England in a See also:

• NET

net, attracted thereto by means of a quail-call—a See also:

• SIMPLE

simple See also:

• INSTRUMENT (Lat. instrumentum, from insincere, to build up, furnish, arrange, prepare)

instrument,' the use of which is now wholly neglected — on which their notes are easily imitated . In South Africa and See also:

• INDIA
• INDIA, FRENCH

India allied species, C. delegorguii and C. coromandelica, the latter known as the See also:

• RAIN (O.E. regn; the word is common to Teutonic languages, cf. Ger. Regen, Swed. and Dan. regn; it has been connected with Lat. rigare, to wet, Gr. 13pixeav)

Rain-Quail, respectively occur, as well as the commoner one, which in See also:

• AUSTRALIA

Australia and See also:

• TASMANIA

Tasmania is wholly replaced by C. See also:

• PECTORALIS

pectoralis, the Stubble-Quail of the colonists . In New See also:

• ZEALAND (also SEALAND Or SEELAND; Danish Sjaelland)

Zealand another species, C. novae-zelandiae, was formerly very abundant in some districts .

Some fifteen or perhaps more species of quails, inhabiting the See also:

• INDIAN

Indian and Australian regions, have been separated, perhaps unnecessarily, to See also:

• FORM (Lat. forma)

form the genera Synoecus, Perdicula, Excalphatoria, and so forth . See also:

• AMERICA

America has some fifty or sixty species of birds which are commonly deemed quails, though by some authors placed in a distinct See also:

• FAMILY

family or sub-family Odontophorinae.2 The best 1 One is figured in See also:

• ROWLEY, WILLIAM (c. 1585-c. 1642)

Rowley's Ornithological See also:

• MISCELLANY

Miscellany (ii. p . 363) . 2 They form the subject of a monograph in See also:

• FOLIO (properly the ablative case of the Lat. folium, leaf, but also frequently an adaptation of the Ital. foglio)

folio by . J . See also:

• GOULD, AUGUSTUS ADDISON (,8o5-1866)
• GOULD, BENJAMIN APTHORP (1824-1896)
• GOULD, JAY (1836-1892)
• GOULD, SIR FRANCIS CARRUTHERS (1844- )

Gould, published between 1844 and 1850 . See also S . D . See also:

• JUDD, SYLVESTER (1813–1853)

Judd, Bulletin 21 of U.S . Dept. of See also:

• AGRICULTURE
• AGRICULTURE (from Lat. ages, field, and colere, to cultivate)
• AGRICULTURE, BOARD OF

Agriculture (1905); D . G . Elliot, See also:

• GAME

Game Birds of See also:

• NORTH
• NORTH, BARONS
• NORTH, MARIANNE (1830—1890)
• NORTH, ROGER (1653-1734)
• NORTH, SIR THOMAS (1535?-16o1?)

North America (1897) .