The enemy most dreaded by the Wattled Talegallus is tin; dingo, or native dog. When suddenly 

 attacked, the hird Hies to the lowest limb of some neighbouring tree, and gains a safe height by a, succession 

 of leaps to higher branches. During the hottest hours of the day, also, they often roost in the trees, and 

 it is then that the blacks most frequently hunt them. When following them for sport, white men 

 frequently use dogs to discover the trees in which the birds are resting. They are excellent table birds, but, 

 like many others, are unfortunately so easy to kill that, as their haunts become more accessible, they 

 become mole scarce in proportion. 



The egg is pure white, long and oval in form, and is three inches and three-quarters long by two 

 inches and a half in diameter. 



The full-grown bird is about the size of a small female Turkey of the domestic kind. 



Its note is a loud clucking sound ; the male bird takes the same delight in strutting and 

 expanding his wattles as the domestic Turkey, and makes a practice, unfortunately, of often thrashing his 

 mate. 



The digestive organs are very powerful, seeds, berries and insects being the diet. 



The Bkin of the head is exposed and of a bright red colour, having scanty hair-like feathers 

 .scattered over it; wattle, bright yellow, which is tinged with red where it merges into the neck; all the 

 upper surface, wings and tail, black ; under surface, brownish-grey, the feathers being darker at the base, 

 fading into a light silvery-grey at the tip; bill, dark grey; irides and feet, light brown. 



Habitats : Eastern scrub lands of New South Wales and Queensland. 



