<hw>Quail-Hawk</hw>, <i>n</i>. name given to the bird <i>Falco</i>, or <i>Harpa novae-zelandiae</i>. See <i>Hawk</i>.
1882. T. H. Potts, `Out in the Open,' p. 37:
"In New Zealand the courageous family of the <i>Raptores</i> is very feebly represented; the honourable post of head of the family in all fairness must be assigned to the falcon, which is commonly known by the name of the quail- or sparrow-hawk, not that it is identical with, or that it even bears much resemblance to, the bold robber of the woods of Great Britain—`the hardy sperhauke eke the quales foe,' as Chaucer has it."
<hw>Quandong</hw>, <i>n</i>. (various spellings) aboriginal name for—(1) a tree, <i>Santalum acuminatum</i>, De C., <i>S. persicarium</i>, F. v. M., <i>N.O. Santalaceae</i>. In the Southern Colonies it is often called the <i>Southern Quandong</i>, and the tree is called the <i>Native Peach-Tree</i> (q.v.). The name is given to another large scrub-tree, <i>Elaeocarpus grandis</i>, F. v. M., <i>N.O. Tiliaceae</i>. The fruit, which is of a blue colour and is eaten by children, is also called the <i>Native Peach</i>.
1839. T. L. Mitchell, `Three Expeditions,' p. 135:
"In all these scrubs on the Murray the <i>Fusanus acuminatus</i> is common, and produces the quandang nut (or kernel)."
1857. W. Howitt, `Tallangetta,' vol. i. p. 41:
"Abundance of fig, and medlar and quince trees, cherries, loquots, quondongs, gooseberry, strawberry, and raspberry trees."
1867. G. G. McCrae, `Balladeadro,' p. 10:
"Speed thee, Ganook, with these swift spears—
This firebrand weeping fiery tears,
And take this quandang's double plum,
'Twill speak alliance tho' 'tis dumb."