C'ATHETURUS. 



1G5 



Catheturus lathami. 



BRUSH TURKKV. 

 Ahctnr,,. Jalhaiiii, L;itli , (!.mi. Hist. Bds., Vol. .\., p. \:C) (l.X-24). 

 TnlegaUn l.illiniiii, (iould, lids. Austr., fol. Vol. V., pi. 77 (ISIS). 

 TalegalJiis lathami, Goul.l, Handbk. Bds. Austr., Vol. II., p. 1 r,0 (IStK-j^. 

 CathHnrH^ Int/iami, Grant, Oat. Hd.s. Brit. Mus., Vol. XXII., p. ICS (1S!»3). 



Adult malk. — (ii'U'Val cnlniir ahoce, iuchnlinij the ivini/^ ami tail, hro/i-nisli-hlack, lig/i/fr on tliA 

 liM'vr hack, rinn/i iiinl u/i/i'-r /aH'CorPrts, ichih- llie fiathers arc. soft nuil dmrnij : all the iiwlcr sni-Jacc 

 rliiJI hrdirnif-hhlack fhaJcd with grey : smnc of the feathers on the forc-ncck narroicli/ ejgcl and those 

 i:u the breast hroadly margined aroniid the ti/i^ ivith dull ivhite .■ the thighs somcirhat similar, hut the 

 iijijicr margins less distinct : entire head and neck ahnnst here, e.ccc/it for some scattered, hair-like 

 Illumes, nhich, honterer, arc far mim- thickly disposed on the fnrrhead <ind cron-n of the lien.d : hare 

 skin iif Innd. and. neck dark red : n-attle around, lon-er portinu nf the neck bright yellunK Total 

 length in the jlesh 27 inches, n-inij / 7, tail 11, hill I'..', tarsus .',■■! 

 Adui.t frm.vlk. — Similar in plumage t<i the male, but smaller. 

 Disli'ihntioii. — Queensland, New South Wales. 

 fT^llK Wattled Tale.L;allus, or better known "Brush Turkey," occurs throup;hout the greater 

 -L portions of Ivastern Oueensland and Eastern New South Wales, and unlike the 



mound-raising Mega- 

 pode or Scrub Fowl, it 

 is not confined to the 

 coastal and contii^uous 

 districts, but is found, 

 although in far less 

 numbers, scores of miles 

 from the sea-board. Us 

 range e.xtends from the 

 neighbourhood of Cook- 

 town, in North-eastern 

 Queensland, south 

 through the Eastern 

 I >istricts of that State 

 into New South Wales, 

 where it is common in 

 the brushes on the 

 Tweed River, andespeci- 

 ally in the Condong 



Range, occurring throughout the northern coastal districts as far south as the Hunter River. 

 A gap occurs on the coast between Newcastle and Wollongong. It is found again throughout 

 the Illawarra District of Eastern New South Wales, and a specimen was obtained in the central 

 portion of the State, as far inland as Honeybugle Station, about twenty-five miles south-west 

 of Nyngan, and three hundred and twenty-five miles in a direct line from the cast. 



From Cooktown, North-eastern Queensland, Mr. E. Olive wrote me ;— " The nesting-mound 

 of the Brush Turkey is made by scratchmg earth, leaves, sticks, etc., into a heap, and working 



BRUSH TURKEY. 



