Note e — BOOK VII.

As Swallows are well accommodated for long Flights, by their long Wings, so are Quails by the Strength of their pectoral Muscles, by the Breadth of their Wings, &c. For Quails have but short Wings for the Weight of their Body; and yet they fly from us into warmer Parts, against Winter, and to us in Spring, crossing our Seas. So divers Travellers tell us they cross the Mediterranean twice a Year, flying from Europe to Africa, and back again: Thus Bellonius in Mr. Willughby, saith, When we sail’d from Rhodes to Alexandria of Ægypt, many Quails flying from the North towards the South, were taken in our Ship; whence I am verily persuaded, that they shift Places: For formerly also, when I sail’d out of the Isle of Zant to Morea, or Negropont, in the Spring Time, I had observ’d Quails flying the contrary Way, from South to North, that they might abide there all Summer. At which Time also, there were a great many taken in our Ship. Ornith. p. 170.