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	Turnicidae - Turniciformes - Buttonquails - Birding in India (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		Turnicidae - Turniciformes - Buttonquails - Birding in India
		Turnicidae, traditionally placed in Gruiformes, are distant relatives of rails and crakes.
		Hemipodes lay lots of eggs like true quails, which hatch in a short time, one of the shortest incubation periods for birds.
	www.birding.in /birds/Turniciformes/turnicidae.htm (163 words)

	Gruiformes - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		A placement of the Otidae, Eurypygidae, Rhynochetidae, Cariamidae, Mesitornithidae and Turnicidae within the Gruiformes is not supported by the available evidence.
		The Eurypygidae and Rhynochetidae are similar and are probably represent Ardeiformes and are therefore associated with certain birds that are traditionally interpreted as "Cinoniiformes".
		The Mesitornithidae and Cariamidae are probably Cuculiformes but the Otididae does not seem to be close to other extant birds and the placement of the Turnicidae is not agreed.
	www.pineville.us /project/wikipedia/index.php/Gruiformes (331 words)

	Quail article - Quail Scientific classification Animalia Chordata Aves Galliformes - What-Means.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		The New World quails are not closely related, but are named for their similar appearance and behaviour.
		The Old World buttonquails are also in a different family Turnicidae, and are completely unrelated to the true quails.
		They are seed eaters, but will also take insects and similar small prey.
	www.what-means.com /encyclopedia/Quail (165 words)

	Fish Genera in the Family Turnicidae \| Fish Database \| Practical Fishkeeping
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		According to the Integrated Taxonomic Information Service there are currently 2 genera in the family Turnicidae.
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	www.practicalfishkeeping.co.uk /pfk/pages/browser.php?utsn=176151 (118 words)

	Quail -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		The (Click link for more info and facts about New World quail) New World quails are not closely related, but are named for their similar appearance and behaviour.
		The Old World (Click link for more info and facts about buttonquail) buttonquails are also in a different family (Small Old World birds resembling but not related to true quail) Turnicidae, and are completely unrelated to the true quails.
		They are (A small hard fruit) seed eaters, but will also take (Small air-breathing arthropod) insects and similar small prey.
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/q/qu/quail.htm (251 words)

	AllRefer.com - bustard quail (Vertebrate Zoology) - Encyclopedia
		bustard quail or button quail, any of the small ground-running Old World birds of the family Turnicidae.
		After the female has laid her clutch, typically of four eggs, the male incubates the eggs and rears the young.
		There are 15 species of bustard quail, classified in two genera of the phylum Chordata, subphylum Vertebrata, class Aves, order Gruiformes, family Turnicidae.
	reference.allrefer.com /encyclopedia/B/bustardq.html (306 words)

	TURNIX - Definition
		[n] type genus of the Turnicidae: button quail
		bird genus, bustard quail, button quail, buttonquail, family Turnicidae, hemipode, ortygan, Turnicidae
		coturnix a quail.] (Zo["o]l.) Any one of numerous species of birds belonging to {Turnix} or {Hemipodius} and allied genera of the family {Turnicid[ae]}.
	www.hyperdictionary.com /dictionary/Turnix (92 words)

	Definition of turnicidae - Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary
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