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Definition of Bustard quail

1. Noun. Small quail-like terrestrial bird of southern Eurasia and northern Africa that lacks a hind toe; classified with wading birds but inhabits grassy plains.

Lexicographical Neighbors of Bustard Quail

Literary usage of Bustard quail

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Game Birds and Wild Fowl of India: Being Descriptions of All the Species by Thomas Claverhill Jerdon (1864)
"... Tel., ie of no spirit, (the male)—Kurung kadeh, Tarn, (the female), An-kadeh (the male)—Black quail of some Sportsmen. THE BLACK-BREASTED BUSTARD-QUAIL. ..."

2. A New Malagasy-English Dictionary by James Richardson (1885)
"A specie« of bustard quail. (Вага.) Same ae К mono, which see. KI'BO'MBY, в. ... A species of bustard quail. (Prov. ..."

3. The Ibis by British Ornithologists' Union (1894)
"(Larger Bustard-Quail. ... On the wing, this bird hada more reddish appearance than the Bustard-Quail. I l'i. ..."

4. The Antananarvio Annual and Madagascar Magazine (1892)
"Mr. Cor}- tells me : "The nest of the Bustard-Quail is composed of dry grass and is partially domed, which is very curious in a game bird. ..."

5. Birds' Nests: An Introduction to the Science of Caliology by Charles Dixon (1902)
"... no nest whatever appears to be provided; whilst the Little bustard quail (Turnix dussumieri) is said occasionally to form a ..."

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