264 A DESCRIPTION OF 
horizontally, as they always do when running quickly 
through the bush, that being the only position in which 
this great organ could be conveniently borne at such 
times. Among its many curious habits, the only one at 
all approaching to those of the Gallinacece, is that of 
forming small round hillocks, which are constantly 
visited during the day, and upon which the male is con- 
stantly trampling, at the same time erecting and spread- 
ing out its tail in the most graceful manner, and uttering 
his various cries, sometimes pouring forth his natural 
notes, at others mocking those of other birds, and even 
the howling of the native dog, or Dingo. The early 
morning and the evening are the periods when it is most 
animated and active." (Gould's Birds of Australia. 
Part III.) 
