Kurrichane, noun

/ˈkʌrɪˌtʃeɪn//ˌkʌriˈtʃeɪn//ˌkʌrɪˈkeɪn//ˈkʌrɪˌkeɪn/
Forms:
Also Kureechane, Kurrichaine, and with small initial.
Origin:
SothoShow more Named for Kurrichane, adaptation of obsolete Sotho place name Kaditshwene (from Sotho locative prefix ka- + singular noun prefix di- + tshwene baboon), in former times a capital city of the Hurutshe people, near Zeerust.
Note:
The naturalist Sir Andrew Smith collected and named several species of mammals and birds in the surrounding area.
Used attributively in the names of two bird species:
a. Kurrichane buttonquail, also (obsolete) Kurrichane hemipode: the buttonquail Turnix sylvatica of the Turnicidae.
[1849 A. Smith Illust. of Zoo. of S. Afr.: Aves Pl.17Hemipodius lepurana...Only a very few specimens of this Quail were obtained...The grassy valleys south-east of Kurichane were the only localities in which they were discovered.]
1906 Stark & Sclater Birds of S. Afr. VI. 240The Kurrichane Hemipode seems to be everywhere somewhat scarce.
1967 C.J. Skead in Bokmakierie Vol.19 No.3, 61How many times have you pondered over the names Kurrichane Thrush,..and Kurrichane Button-quail, Turnix sylvaticus, and wondered why they should have the unusual name of Kurrichane?
1978 McLachlan & Liversidge Roberts Birds of S. Afr. 137Kurrichane Button-quail...The commoner Button-Quail in South Africa, found in dry parts of the country, including the Kalahari.
1989 A.N.B. Masterson in P.J. Ginn et al. Complete Bk of Sn Afr. Birds 192Kurrichane Buttonquail...The name ‘Kurrichane’ which this species shares with our common dry-country thrush is normally pronounced as ‘curry-cane’.
b. Kurrichane thrush: the thrush Turdus libonyana of the Turdidae.
[1836 A. Smith Report of Exped. for Exploring Central Afr. 45Merula Libonyana...Inhabits the country about and beyond Kurichane.]
1923 Haagner & Ivy Sketches of S. Afr. Bird-Life 22The Kurrichaine Thrush (T. libonianus) is somewhat similar to the two preceeding species, differing mainly in having the centre of the belly white and the bill bright orange-red...It is common in the precincts of the Pretoria Zoo.
1924 Ibis 770Turdus libonianus. Kurrichane thrush. This thrush is common in Nyasaland.
1936 D.A. Bannerman Birds Trop. W. Afr. IV. 314The Kurrichane Thrush is not unlike a female European blackbird.
1960 G. Durrell Zoo in my Luggage 32A kurrichane thrush treated us to a waterfall of a sweet song.
1984 G.L. Maclean Roberts’ Birds of Sn Afr. 505Kurrichane Thrush...S Africa to Angola, Zaire and Tanzania; in s Africa from Natal to Mozambique, Transvaal, Zimbabwe, e and n Botswana and Caprivi.
1989 P.J. Ginn et al. Complete Bk of Sn Afr. Birds 476Although shy in the wild, Kurrichane Thrushes become very tame and confiding in gardens and public parks.
1993 L. McGill in Birding in Sn Afr. Vol.45 No.1, 31The type specimen of the race of Kurrichane Thrush Turdus libonyanus libonyana came from ‘the country about and beyond Kurrichane — near Zeerust’.
Kurrichane buttonquail, also (obsolete) Kurrichane hemipode:the buttonquail Turnix sylvatica of the Turnicidae.
Kurrichane thrush:the thrush Turdus libonyana of the Turdidae.
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