jakkuns

Updated: August 4, 2026

I expected, indeed, an unbroken silence, but there were noises that I shall never forget. Several times there was a long shrill cry, much like the Australian "Coo-ee," answered from a distance in a tone almost human. This was the note of the grand night bird, the Argus pheasant, and is said to resemble the cry of the "orang-outang," the Jakkuns, or the wild men of the interior.

Isabella L. (Isabella Lucy) Bird - The Golden Chersonese and the Way Thither