200 POPULAR SCRIPTURE ZOOLOGY.

Hebrew host with a sufficient number of quails to last for
a month.”

The Common Quail (Coturnix vulgaris) measures about
seven inches in length; the feathers of the head, neck, and
back, are a mixture of ash, black, and brown; the neck
and head are divided by a pale yellow line; the chin and
throat are white, bounded by a black crescent; the breast is
yellowish-red, spotted with black and streaked with yellow;
the tail and wings are marked with rust-coloured bands;
under parts yellowish-white. The plumage of the female is
less vivid; she lays from eight to twelve eggs, of a yel-
lowish colour, with dusky spots. .

There are several other species, such as the Chinese Quail .
(C. excalfactoria), » beautiful little species, measuring only
four inches, which is kept in cages in China, for the very
singular purpose of warming the hands of the owners in
winter. The New Holland Quail (C. Australis) and the.
White-throated Quail (C. ¢orquata) differ but little in ap-
pearance and habits from C. vulgaris, which, in all proba-
bility, is the bird alluded to in Exodus xvi. and Numbers xi.

Corumpa.—The Pigeon. (Plate XIII. Zurtur risoriue,
the Syrian Dove.)

The form of this bird is in all its varieties very elegant :