Meanings of young quail in English

This time they took cover as they advanced, scattering like a covey of young quail.

At this time when the peppers glow in the gardens and the young quail cry "cuidado," "have a care!"

Squirrels barked in the big oaks, and a covey of young quail fluttered up from a fence corner and sailed bravely away.

Only the hawks wheeled on motionless wings above silent fields, watching for the young quail or the little rabbits, hidden among the grain.

When he rose from his knees, feeling stronger and lighter-hearted, a young quail came up to him so close that he picked it up.

On August 17th this year we found a nest containing five young quails about half-grown.

On cutting this snake open two young quails were found within: one of them not being quite dead.

O' Sundays they stuffed their puddings with puddings, chitterlings, links, Bologna sausages, forced-meats, liverings, hogs' haslets, young quails, and teals.

The woods were full of young quails, which in the South are called partridges, the latter taking the name of pheasants.

There are two wicked girls, take them; they would make nice morsels, as fat as young quails; eat them for heaven's sake.

"He's as shy as a young quail," said Wainwright, when my advances were received in stubborn silence.

For in July, while the game-law was on, and the young quails were coming on, we were awakened one morning by firing,-musketry-firing ,closeat hand.