STICTOPEUA. 379 



Genus STICTOPELIA, Reichenhach. 



■^ STICTOPELIA CUNEATA, LatJiam. 



Little Turtle-dove. 

 Gould, Handhk. Bds. Aust., Yol. ii., sp. 474, p. 146. 



" The nest is similar to that of the last species, Mr. John S. 

 Ramsay, found this bird breeding in numbers at Cardington 

 Station, on the Bell River, the nests were placed on the flattened 

 top of the vine stakes in the vineyard, the birds were remarkably 

 . tame and would allow themselves to be almost taken with the 

 hand. The eggs were invariably two in number, oval, pure white, 

 length 0'7 X 0-55 inch ; they breed during September and the two 

 months following. Dobr. Mus." {Ramsay, P.L.S., N.S. W., Vol. 

 vii., p. 54.) 



Hob. Derby, N.W. Australia, Port Darwin and Port Essington, 

 Gulf of Carpentaria, Dawson River, New South Wales, Interior, 

 Victoria and South Australia, West and South-West Australia. 

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Family MEGAPODID-ffi. 



Genus TALEGALLUS, Lesson. 



^^ TALEGALLUS LATHAMI, Gray. 



Wattled TalegallTis. 

 Gould, SanAhk. Bds. Aust., Vol. ii., sp. 476, p. 150. 



Dr. Ramsay writing in 1876 on the birds of north-eastern 

 Queensland, remarks as follows : — 



" However plentiful this species may have been formerly in the 

 Rockingham Bay district, it is now very scarce, only one having 

 been obtained during my visit. They are still plentiful in the 

 New South Wales scrubs. I found that two or more females 

 visited the same mound to lay their eggs in ; and when this is the 

 case the mound is often twice as large as an ordinary mound. It 

 seems probable that several individuals assist in scratching the 

 mound together, when a space often fifty yards in diameter (on 



