‖ Turnix Ornith.
(ˈtɜːnɪks)
[mod.L. (Bonnaterre, 1790), app. shortened from L. coturnix quail.]
A genus of quail-like birds (also called Hemipodius: see hemipod); the bush-quails.
| 1819 Stephens in Shaw Gen. Zool. XI. 388 Black-fronted Turnix... Turnix with the forehead with three fasciæ. Ibid. 389 Black-necked Turnix. 1869 Gillmore tr. Figuier's Rept. & Birds (1870) 392 The Turnix are [sic] closely allied to the Quails. |