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Sub-order — Peristeropodes. 



The hallux i> on the same level aa the other toes, and its basal phalanx as 

 long as that of the third toe. 



1 A M TLY— MEGAPOD1 WJE. 

 Oil gland nude. 

 - -MEt 1APODIUS.— Upper tail coverts do not extend to end of tail. 



565. II. duperreyL Lest, and Cam. (includes M. asaimilis, Mast 



M. tumulus, (ihl.). Scrub Fowl. 



Adult. — Top of head with cresi of brown feathers; back of neck 

 and mantle grey, shading into rufescent olive-brown on middle of 

 l.ark and wings : lower back and upper tail coverts dark chestnut ; 

 tail blackish chestnut ; chin, throat, and under parts smoky-grey. 



Total length, 14 to 17 in. j wing, 8*7 to 10*2 in.; tail, 3*5 to 4*2 in. ; 

 tarsus, 2*5 t<> 3 in. 

 Bab, : 1, 2. 



Gems— LIPOA. — Upper tail coverts extend to end of tail. 



566. L. OCCllata, <; ld. (Leipoa ocellata), Mallee Fowl or Native 



Pheasant. 



Top of the head covered with feathers, forming a short, thick crest : 

 nostrils elongate and oval ; tail long, rounded, with 1(5 feathers ; the 

 longer upper tail coverts reach to the end of the tail ; a double row 

 oi large hexagonal plates down the front of the rather short tarsus. 

 Hah. : 6, 7. 9. 



- I AiTHETURUS. — Head and neck almost naked, thinly covered 

 with haii like feathers; a large vascular wattle at base of neck. 

 Tail eighteen feathers; tarsi and feet rather large; fore part of 

 - covered with double row of plates. 



567. C. lathailli(Talegalla lathami, Gld.), fellow-wattled Brush Turkey. 



Lower neck red ; wattles yellow; general colour of upper pi 

 dark bro wnish- black ; feathers of under parts dark brownish 

 rather widely edged with white. 



Total length, 25 in. ; wing, 12 in. : tail, loin. ; tarsus, 4 in 

 Sab. : 2, ::. 



568. i\ purpureiCOlliS Falegallus, Le Souef), Purple-wattled Brush 



Turkey (Barnard Brush Turkey). 



Bimilar to T. Lathami; lower neck and wattles purplish-white. 

 I , ii, d< baa do wattle. 



Hah. : 2 



ORDER— HEHEXFODII. 



with Mm. pt Pedionomus, which has the hallux). Maxillo- 



palatines aot coalesced with one another. 



FAMILY— TTRNLCIDyl 

 Button Quails, not True Quails. 



Gi crs TURNLX.— Hind toe absent 



I. maculosa. Temm. (Tnrniz melanotus, Old.), Eled-backed Quail 

 I Quail), 

 longer than mi. Idle toe with claw; centre of breast not 

 transversely barred with black ; threat never bl < different; 



l>ill slender. 



