Austral English / A dictionary of Australasian words, phrases and usages with those aboriginal-Australian and Maori words which have become incorporated in the language, and the commoner scientific words that have had their origin in Australasia

by Edward Ellis Morris

Q

<hw>Quail</hw>, <i>n</i>. a bird which exists under some form all over the world. The Australian species are—

Black-breasted Quail—
<i>Turnix melanogaster</i>, Gould.

Brown Q.— <i>Synoicus australis</i>, Lath. [Called also <i>Swamp-Quail</i>.]

Chestnut-backed Q.—
<i>Turnix castanotus</i>, Gould.

Chestnut-bellied Q.—
<i>Excalfatoria australis</i>, Gould.

Little Q.—
<i>Turnix velox</i>, Gould.

Painted Q.— <i>T. varies</i>, Lath. [<i>Haemipodius melinatus</i>, Gould.]

Red-backed Q.—
<i>T. maculosa</i>, Gould.

Red-chested Q.—
<i>T. pyrrhothorax</i>, Gould.