Genus— ALECTURA. 
Alectura Latham, Gen. Hist. B., X., p. 455 (1824) ; Gray, Zool. 
Misc., p. 3 (1831) . . . . . . . , . . . . A. lathami. 
Gatheturus Swainson, Class B., II., p. 206 (1837) A. lathami. 
Bill high, laterally compressed ; higher than wide at the base. Nostrils large, 
open, round. Head and neck bare with a scanty covering of short bristly 
feathers. A large fleshy wattle at the base of the sides of the neck. Tail 
with eighteen rectrices, middle as well as lateral pairs of tail-feathers much 
shorter, so that the tail is rounded as well as emarginated, as if consisting of 
two rounded halves. Tarsi and feet very large and strong. 
Distribution. Australia. 
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