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Details vary between species, but the scrub-turkey is reasonably typical of the
group. Upon reaching maturity, the male scrub-turkey establishes a territory in the
forest and begins to build within it a mound of leaf litter, scraped together with ...
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Annual Report of the Bureau of American Ethnology to the ...
An unusual form of Arawak Bush Spirit is that of the scrub- turkey (Tinnmus sp.)
— a woman's leg: there are several references, however, to a leg in the folk-lore (
Sects. 88, 208, 362). The connection between this astral limb and the bird under
...
Smithsonian Institution. Bureau of American Ethnology,
1915
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My Australian girlhood, sketches and impressions of bush life
... its' throaty gurgle. Now and then at the midday halt, the Blacks would find a
scrub-turkey's nest, and then there would be great jubilation, and if the eggs
happened to be fresh they were roasted in the ashes and eaten with our quart-
pot tea.
Rosa Caroline Murray-Prior "Mrs. Campbell Praed. " Praed,
1902
An unusual form of Arawak Busli Spirit is that of the scrub- turkey (Tinnmus sp.) —
a woman's leg: there are several references, however, to a leg in the folk-lore (
Sects. 88, 208, 862). The connection between this astral limb and the bird under
...
Smithsonian Institution. Bureau of American Ethnology, John Wesley Powell, Matthew Williams Stirling,
1915
And now it was scrub turkey time, and the sun was leaking into the Tamborine
rainforest. Well Dad, I kept my promise. I got some bloke to give me a house out
bush. Not much I can say about Sid but I can say this: he had a bit of land and a ...
Janette Turner Hospital,
1988
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Austral English: a dictionary of Australasian words, ...
(3) To the bird Leipoa ocellata, Gould, called the Scrub-Turkey (from its
frequenting the Scrubs), the Lowan (its aboriginal name), the Native Pheasant (of
South Australia) ; in the Mallee district it is called Malice-bird, Malice-fowl, Malice-
hen.
Edward Ellis Morris,
1898
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Handbook of Australian Languages
For instance, when asked the name for 'water snake', one Atampaya informant
said, while thinking, ipi—nmmu 'something to do with water', and when asked the
name for 'scrub turkey', he gave [dude—nmmu 'something to do with the bush'.
R.M.W. Dixon, Barry J. Blake,
1983
feathers of a bird of prey, the beautiful goshawk, as it flew like a lightning bolt
down towards the stupid scrub turkey that had been running along the fence
about fifty yards ahead of me for the past hour. It didn't seem to have the
intelligence to ...
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Australian Bird Names: A Complete Guide
2) but not otherwise evident; Scrub Turkey (see Scrubfowl below). Barnard's or
Purple-wattled Brushturkey, for race purpureicollis of Cape York Peninsula (
which has a pale mauve wattle), described as a full species by Dudley Le Souef
in ...
Jeannie Gray, Ian Fraser,
2013
The black scrub turkey's now protected, like the bustard, grey turkey from the
plain. So we the northern and inland seniors, won't taste the food from early days
again. Those were hard years, no fancy tucker, long hours worked, and money ...
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There's many a keen gardener in suburban Brisbane with a mound …
And then there was the period when we spent a lot of time pondering whether the resident scrub turkey would mount its nightly marauding mission into our ... «Courier Mail, Дек 14»
Brisbane residents up close and personal with turkeys, possums …
Mr Vernon said scrub turkeys were difficult characters, and he once saw a bird kick compost up a driveway, across the road and into a neighbour's yard. «Courier Mail, Авг 11»
Brisbane's most frustrating fauna
She said most complaints surround the turkey's tendency to rip up residential ... But Mr Hansen said wildlife officers capturing animals, such as scrub turkeys, ... «Sydney Morning Herald, Авг 11»
Man v bird: the brush turkey battle
But Professor Jones says laws brought in to protect the brush turkey, also commonly known as bush and scrub turkeys, have caused a dramatic recovery of their ... «ABC Online, Авг 09»
Chant of the Scrub Turkey
Local lore has it that several years ago a guest accidentally killed one of these birds, which was not only illegal (scrub turkeys are protected), but foolish. «Sydney Morning Herald, Июн 07»