coturnix
any of several small true quails of the genus Coturnix, especially C. coturnix(common quail, or European quail ), a widespread game bird of Europe and North Africa, and C. japonica(Japanese quail ), breeding mostly in East and Central Asia and widely used as a laboratory animal.
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In July the black-breasted or rain-quail (coturnix coromandelica) is plentiful in India.
A Bird Calendar for Northern India | Douglas DewarWith the first full moon of September come the grey quail (coturnix communis).
A Bird Calendar for Northern India | Douglas Dewar"coturnix novaezealandiae" retained as printed, but the correct spelling is "novaezelandiae" as printed in the species heading.
Extinct Birds | Walter RothschildThe gallinaceous birds are represented by a quail, coturnix novae zealandiae, now exterminated.
The quail, puyuh (coturnix); but whether a native or a bird of passage, I cannot determine.
The History of Sumatra | William Marsden
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