cunning black, and the astonished
bird at once paid the penalty of its curiosity with its life."
[1.]

1891. Ibid.:

"In the first division are several specimens of the
Brush-Turkey (<i>Talegalla Lathami</i>) of Australia. These
birds have excited world-wide interest in scientific circles,
by their ingenious mode of incubating. They construct a large
mound of vegetable mould and sand; mixed in such proportions
that a gentle heat will be maintained, which hatches the buried
eggs. The young chicks can look after themselves shortly after
bursting the egg-shell." [2.]

1892. A. Sutherland, `Elementary Geography of British
Colonies,' p. 274:

"The brush-turkeys, which are not really turkeys but birds of
that size, build big mounds of decaying vegetable matter, lay
their eggs on the top, cover them over with leaves, and leave
the whole to rot, when the heat of the sun above and of the
fermentation below, hatches the eggs, and the young creep out
to forage for themselves without ever knowing their parents."
[2.]

1893. Professor H. A. Strong, in `Liverpool Mercury,' Feb.
13:

"The well-known `wild turkey' of Australian colonists is a
bustard, and he has the good sense to give a wide berth to the
two-legged immigrants indeed the most common method of
endeavouring to secure an approach to him is to drive up to him
in a buggy, and then to let fly. The approach is generally
made by a series of concentric circles, of which the victim is
the centre. His flesh is excellent, the meat being of a rich
dark colour, with a flavour resembling that of no other game
bird with which I am acquainted." [1.]

1893. `The Argus,' March 25, p. 3, col. 5:

"The brush-turkey (<i>Talegalla</i>), another of the
sand-builders, lays a white egg very much like that of a swan,
while the third of that wonderful family, the scrub-hen or
<i>Megapode</i>, has an egg very long in proportion to its
width." [2.]

<hw>Turmeric</hw>, i.q. <i>Stinkwood</i> (q.v.); also applied
occasionally to <i>Hakea dactyloides</i>, Cav.,
<i>N.O. Proteaceae</i>. See Hakea.

<hw>Turnip-wood</hw>, <i>n</i>. the timbers of the trees
<i>Akania hillii</i>, J. Hook., <i>N.O. Sapindaceae</i>,
and <i>Dysoxylon Muelleri</i>, Benth., N.O. Meliaceae,
from their white and red colours respectively.

<hw>Turpentine, Brush</hw>, name given to two trees--
<i>Metrosideros leptopetala</i>, F. v. M., also called
<i>Myrtle</i>; and <i>Rhodamnia trinervia</i>, Blume,