megapodius

I now recollected having heard from Mr Hooker of a bird called the megapodius, which lays its eggs in large heaps.

In the Eastern Seas William Henry Giles Kingston 1847

Of birds, two species of the genus Pteroptochos (megapodius and albicollis of Kittlitz) are perhaps the most conspicuous.

Journal of researches into the geology and natural history of the various countries visited by H.M.S. Beagle 2003

Of birds, two species of the genus Pteroptochos (megapodius and albicollis of Kittlitz) are perhaps the most conspicuous.

Journal of researches into the geology and natural history of the various countries visited by H.M.S. Beagle 2003

The maternal instinct of the megapodius ceases with the laying of eggs, and, having supplied a safe cradle for the rising generation, she takes no further thought for her precocious progeny, capable of securing a livelihood in the unknown world from the moment of their first appearance in public.

Through the Malay Archipelago Emily Richings

The megapodius or mound-maker, an ash-coloured bird about the size of a small fowl, grasps sand or soil in the hollow of a powerful claw, and throws it backwards into mounds six feet high, wherein the eggs are deposited, to be hatched by this natural incubator, through the heat of the vegetable matter contained in the rubbish heap.

Through the Malay Archipelago Emily Richings

Of birds, two species of the genus Pteroptochos (megapodius and albicollis of Kittlitz) are perhaps the most conspicuous.

Chapter XII 1909

They are from South America; the tinamous, from the warmer parts of the Continent; and the megapodius, of Australia and the Asiatic islands.

How to See the British Museum in Four Visits W. Blanchard Jerrold 1855

Of birds, two species of the genus Pteroptochos (megapodius and albicollis of Kittlitz) are perhaps the most conspicuous.

The Voyage of the Beagle Charles Darwin 1845