Describes the nest of jungle fowls (scrub fowl or bush turkey). Further comments on the impact the crews of Japanese pearl luggers have on Bathurst and Melville Island social life.

NOTE: Photograph 1 (390) from The Wingham Chronicle (founded 1880)

1. Photograph: ‘A jungle fowl’s nest mound’

Places mentioned: Bathurst Island (NT); Buchanan Islands (NT); Melville Island (NT); Apsley Strait (NT); Darwin (NT)

People mentioned: Father [Francis Xavier] Gz[s]ell (1872-1960)

Fauna mentioned: Jungle fowls (scrub fowl or bush turkey) (Megapodius reinwardt); foxes (Vulpes vulpes) ASSUMING AUTHOR MEANS THE RED FOX INTRODUCED TO AUSTRALIA

Transport mentioned: Pearl luggers; canoes

Photo number/s as per Journal and Index of Photographs: 390