Genus— SYNOICUS. 
Synoicus Gould, B. Austr., V., PL 89, text (1843) . . . . S. australis. 
(Also spelt Syncecus and Synaecus.) 
This genus is very closely allied to Coturnix, but its members differ in having 
very short and greyish axillaries, and the wing differently shaped, the outer 
four primaries being about equal and longest. 
Distribution. Australia, Papuan Islands and thence along the South-West 
Islands to the Lesser Sunda Islands. 
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