it varies in size from two to four cartoads, and is of a perfectly pyramidal form. ‘The construction of the «dis not the work of one pair of birds, but is effected by the united labours of several; the same site mound is not the work P ae a ae : i —the bird foot, throwing it backwards to one common cen never using its bill, but always grasping a quantity in its ound for a considerable distance so completely, that scarcely a I and thus clearing the surface ofthe ablade of ‘The heap being accumulated, and time allowed for a sufficient heat to be engender my the eggs are deposited, not side by side, as is on ss is left. narily the ease, but ie nted_at the distance of nine upwards ; they are covered up as they are ies eal Bae ee A redibly infirm both by natives and an near their haunts, that it is not an unusual event to obtain nearly P se fre i aywnsIal potbt» No he itl i ae repr ee ce hoi Giana igs aa power of sustaining themselves the egy would equi ily Jead to this eonclnign, aeaegmm from the earliest as ae racinitigical meat Siete sully found h t with down, as is usually the ease: it is to be nae hose who are h r which was clothed with feathers, resident in Australia, in sitviations favourable for investigating the subject, will direct their atte mn to the points, ‘The upri ie position of f the ge ced UE then the unfortunately, Twas almost 100 th H retire and shady glens, and on the slope of a hill, the part in every instance they were placed in the me easy to convey the materials down than to throw th In one instance only was I fortunate eno find a perfect © cee inal ot meee eet hed boon seat placed Bi manner I have described, At Illawarra they were rather im ied in che Tight vegetables mon erable heap above them. ss are rane white, of a long oval form, three inc 1 three-q o inches and ; If in diameter: a fne eg ofA was subsequently ore tome by J, H. Pluskty, aq, Attomey-Geueral New Sat Naren the brush I h, which the natives informed me were made by the birds in dusting the The stomach is extremely muscular, and the crop of one dissected was filled with seeds, berries, and 4 few insect Thave already allud liv of Mr, Alexander Macca for several years ara a ee Ra mostly at large, and sl Sanaa Activa ait poultry-y ‘a On amy arrival at Sydney this his entleman took me in hy as if in its native woods, Ms ut wo successive years collected an immense of materials ve mass to those above described. ive fe bird baring atched to one common centre everything that lay upon the surface; the nd bout three feet and a half high, and ten feet over. On placing my arm in it fond te z at to be about 90° o si, hr ela stenting oleae proud and ma- tr, sometimes parading ro ase he pat oF ers perching on ts top, and displaying its brilliantly loured neck and wattle to the g i th power of expanding and contract at will at one moment it is “ae isi rit t another it is extremely prominent. Before I left h Wal water-butt, occasioned, it was conjectured, by seeing the reflection of its own image in the water, and rushing forward to mee ere ntagonist. On dissection this individual was found to be a male, thereby Tea eatienmerssiare rani exrloved in ieirsieg racer eae reception of the eg Aveaiietioaitncc ines ies ono eeemieeaes that its natural situation is among the Rasores, and that it forms one of a great family of birds p A h Megapod uliar to Australia and the Indian islands, of orms a part; an onfirmation of this view I may add, that the sternum has the two p emarginations so truly characteristic of the Gallinacece at all events, it is in no way allied to the Valturide, and is nearly as far removed from Me Fé The adults have the wh inex sarface Biackish brown at the bane pecoming s rey at ces akin of te bene ae leep short haintike ne h io feathers ed where it unites with the red of the neck ; bill black t ® Beecckiual feniieaa: wattle bright yellow i pa nd feet bro The female, which fourth Ie The She a fou slost rolls ihe ceauhlr sess the wate, hat nt toga, areal aE