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of a quail, and presented many characteristics of that bird. When put into a 
box with sand plentifully sprinkled on the floor, even at this early age it 
exhibited the instincts of the mature bird, and continued gathering sand in its 
claws and throwing it backward all the day long. 
The jungle-fowl ranges in the proximity of streams or the sea-beach, but 
confines itself to such dense shore thickets that it is not often seen. When 
flying the legs hang down the full length, and when frightened it utters a 
scream like the peacock. The size is that of a brahma hen, and the coloring 
a ruddy-brown. 
The Brush Tur¬ 
key (Tellegalla lat- 
hami ), also of Aus¬ 
tralia, where it is 
known by the name 
of New Holland Vul¬ 
ture, is almost identi¬ 
cal with the jungle- 
fowl in its habits, 
though greatly differ¬ 
ing in appearance. 
The head and neck 
are devoid of feathers 
and are very vulture¬ 
like, while the throat 
is covered with naked 
fleshy wattles like the 
turkey, which it also 
resembles in size and 
the coloring of the 
body-feathers. It is a 
gregarious bird, though 
rarely appearing in 
companies of more 
than a dozen, and in 
the brushwood has all 
the characteristics of 
our wild turkey. Like 
the jungle-fowl the 
brush turkey con¬ 
structs a mound of extraordinary size, of dried grasses and other vegetable 
fibres and leaves, in which work it employs the feet as represented in the 
engraving. Nor is the erection of a mound the work of a single bird, but of 
several, who use the nest for common deposition. After the heap is raised to 
the required size, a large hole is dug in the centre, about two feet in diameter, 
in which the hens lay their eggs, two dozen or more in number, which are 
deftly arranged in a circle with the small ends downward. They are then 
covered carefully and left to the heat generated by the decaying vegetable 
matter to hatch, which usually requires a month’s time. When the young 
breaks the shell it forces its way through the loose covering, like a young 
TELLEGELLA building its NEST ( T. lathami). 
