. Illustrated natural history : comprising descriptions of animals, birds, fishes, reptiles, insects, etc., with sketches of their peculiar habits and characteristics . Zoology. ^84 VERTEBRATES. tries of which it is a native, it keeps ordinarily among rocks, while it has the instinct to descend into the plains to make its nest, in order that the young, when they are hatched, may find a sufficiency of subsistence. Red-legged partridges are most determined run- ners, and few birds are so able to puzzle a well-bred and a well- broken pointer. Quails are found nearly in every country of Europe, al
. Illustrated natural history : comprising descriptions of animals, birds, fishes, reptiles, insects, etc., with sketches of their peculiar habits and characteristics . Zoology. ^84 VERTEBRATES. tries of which it is a native, it keeps ordinarily among rocks, while it has the instinct to descend into the plains to make its nest, in order that the young, when they are hatched, may find a sufficiency of subsistence. Red-legged partridges are most determined run- ners, and few birds are so able to puzzle a well-bred and a well- broken pointer. Quails are found nearly in every country of Europe, also in Asia, and are very common in China. The males are much. given to fighting, and were anciently exhibited in regular combat* both by the Greeks and Romans. The practice of quail-fighting is still cherished in China, Sumatra, and some districts of Italy. •Quails are capable of receiving a considerable quantity of fat: *^heir meat is delicate, pleasant to the taste, and therefore they are killed in great numbers for the table. They hatch four times a year, from fifteen to twenty in number. Sometimes they under- take extensive migrations in immense flocks, passing in autumn from the colder to the warmer regions. With wind and weather in their favor, they have been known to perform a flight of fifty leagues across the Black Sea in one night. An hundred thousand. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Wood, J. G. (John George), 1827-1889. Philadelphia : Crawford & Co.
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