Tăl'e-găl'la, n.

n. (Ornith.) A genus of gallinaceous birds found in Australia and the Indian Islands, of which one species (T. Lathami), found in Australia, is remarkable for collecting a large conical heap of decaying vegetable matter in which to deposit its eggs, which are hatched by the heat of the fermenting mass. Baird.

Head and Foot of Talegalla.