Article Nº 0969 Bird Vol. I · p. 545
Quail (Coturnix coturnix)
Original title: Codorniz (Coturnix coturnix)
The common quail, a game bird of the partridge family that breeds on Madeira and Porto Santo and is prized for its flavoursome meat.
A gallinaceous bird of the family Perdicidae that breeds on Madeira and Porto Santo. Its meat is very flavoursome.
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