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MALLEE FOWL. 
WAY in the driest part of southern 
Australia, where there is any timber, a 
brown bird about the size of a domestic 
hen can be seen. It makes a nest of leaves 
and sand, 16 feet in diameter and 3 feet 
in height. In it the eggs are placed, and 
the decomposing leaves make the heat to 
hatch out the large brown eggs. o o o o o 
