TALEGALLA LATHAMI.
C. Hullmandel Imp.
TALEGALLA LATHAMI.
Wattled Talegalla.
New Holland Vulture, Lath. Gen. Hist., vol. i. p. 32.
Genus Alectura, Ibid., vol. x. p. 455.
Alectura Lathami, Gray, Zool. Misc., No. I. p. 3.—Jard. and Selby, Ill. Orn., vol. iii. pl. cxl.
New Holland Vulture, Swains. Class. of Birds, vol. i. p. 383.
Catheturus Australis, Ibid., vol. ii. p. 206.
Meleagris Lindesayii, Jameson, Mem. Wern. Nat. Hist. Soc., vol. vii. p. 473.
Brush Turkey of the Colonists; Wee-lah, Aborigines of the Namoi.
It has often been asserted that Australia abounds in anomalies, and in no instance is the truth of this proposition more fully exemplified than in the history of the very singular bird here represented, respecting the situation of which, in the natural system, much diversity of opinion has hitherto prevailed. It was consequently one of the birds which demanded my utmost attention during my late expedition, and I trust that the following details will assist in clearing up this long-disputed point.