29 BIRDS OF NEW ZEALAND. 
Order V.—G ALL IYN 7 Game Bird] 
Legs, strong, sometimes armed with a spur; hind toe, more or less 
developed, elevated from the ground. 
TETRAONIDA. 
Bill, broad at the base, arched ; tail, rounded. 
CoTuRNIX. Quail. 
Bri, short ; nostrils, covered by a scale; wings, moderate, first quill, 
long, second and third the longest; tail, very short, hidden by the 
coverts ; tarsi, short. 
Warm and temperate parts of Europe, Asia, Africa and Australia. 
57. COTURNIXi NOV4Ai ZEALANDIZA, Quoy.’et Gaim. C.M. 
Native Quail. Koreke. 
Buack, streaked with white, and varied with reddish brown on the 
back, spotted with white on the breast and abdomen ; throat and cheeks, 
rufous. 
Female.—Browner, and without the rufous on the cheeks and throat. 
ieee W105. 1B. 91-25% Wale 
Egg.—Oval, buff, splashed with. greenish brown; length, 1 
breadth, °9. 
Both Islands. 
‘D5, 
Order VI—STRUTHIONES. 
Wings, short, generally incapable of flight ; legs, strong. 
APTERYGIN A. 
Bill, lengthened, slender ; base, covered by along cere ; nostrils, near the tip: 
ApTEeRYX. Shaw. 
Tarsi, about the length of the middle toe, very robust; lateral toes, 
equal ; hind toe, very short. 
New Zealand only. 
