is the name by which the inhabitants of the Philippine islands distinguish their quail, which, though smaller than ours, is in every other respect very like it.

POICTIERS, an ancient, large, and considerable town of France, capital of the department of Vienne. It was a bishop's see, and contained four abbeys, a mint, an university famous for law, 22 parishes, 9 convents for men, and 12 nunneries. There are here several Roman antiquities, and particularly an amphitheatre, but partly demolished, and hid by the houses. There is also a triumphal arch, which serves as a gate to the great street. It is not peopled in proportion to its extent. Near this place Edward the Black Prince gained a decisive victory over the French, taking King John and his son Philip prisoners, in 1356, whom he afterwards brought over into England. See France, No. 71, &c.—It is seated on a hill, on the river Chaim, 52 miles south-west of Tours, and 120 north by east of Bordeaux. E. Long. o. 25. N. Lat. 46. 35.