n Bustard; Turkey,
Colonists of New South Wales; Native Turkey, Swan River." [1.]

1848. J. Gould, `Birds of Australia,' vol. v. pl. 77:

"<i>Talegalla Lathami</i>, Wattled Talegalla; Brush-Turkey
of the Colonists." [2.]

1872. C. H. Eden, `My wife and I in Queensland,' p. 122:

"The bird that repaid the sportsman best was the plain turkey
or bustard (<i>Otis Australasianus</i>), a noble fellow, the
male weighing from eighteen to twenty pounds. They differ from
the European birds in being good flyers. . . . The length of
the wings is very great, and they look like monsters in the
air." [1.]

1872. Ibid. p. 124:

"The scrub-turkey (<i>Talegalla Lathami</i>) is a most curious
bird; its habitat is in the thickest scrubs. In appearance it
much resembles the English hen turkey, though but little larger
than a fowl." [2.]

1881. A. C. Grant, `Bush Life in Queensland,' vol. i. p. 214:

"Look at this immense mound. It is a scrub-turkey's nest.
Thirty or forty lay their eggs in it. One could hardly imagine
they could gather such a huge pile of sticks and earth and
leaves. They bury their eggs, and heap up the nest until the
laying time ceases. The moist heap heats and incubates the
eggs. The young turkeys spring out of the shell, covered with
a thick warm coat, and scratch their way into daylight, strong
and able to provide food for themselves." [3.]

1891. `Guide to Zoological Gardens, Melbourne':

"The bustard (<i>Eupodotis Australis</i>) is known by the
colonists as the native turkey. It is excellent eating and is
much sought after on that account. The hen bird lays only one
egg, depositing it on the bare ground. Formerly they were
numerous in the neighbourhood of Melbourne, but they have now
been driven further inland; they are still abundant on the
western plains and on the open Saltbush country of the Lower
Murray. They are difficult to approach on foot, but it is easy
to get within gunshot of them on horseback or driving. The
natives used formerly to capture them in an ingenious manner by
means of a snare; they approached their intended victim against
the wind under cover of a large bush grasped in the left hand,
while in the right was held a long slender stick, to the end of
which was fastened a large fluttering moth, and immediately
below a running noose. While the bird, unconscious of danger,
was eyeing and pecking at the moth, the noose was dexterously
slipped over its head by the