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Dacelo Gaudichaud^ Head, scapulae, and upper part of t^e 

 back, black : throat whitish rufescent : back and uropygium cya- 

 neous : pectus and abdomen rufous. — From New Guinea. 



Cuculus Guira^ Latham, the Crofophaga Pirririgua of Vieillot. 

 In its solitary habits this bird differs from the Auis, with which it 

 was associated by Vieillot. 



Fsittacus erythropterus^ Latham ; a Platycercus of Vigors. Only 

 one specimen was seen by M M. Quoy and Gaimard, which differed 

 considerably from the Ps, Melanotus of Shaw. 



Columba Pinon^ Head, neck, pectus, and greater part of the 

 back, cinereo-fuscous : wings and tail slate-coloured; tail with a 

 transverse fascia : feet red. — From Rawak, one of the New 

 Guinea Islands. 



Columba cenea^ hath, 



Columba Pampusan, Body rufous ; bill black : tail with a trans- 

 Terse black fascia ; feet rather rufous. — From Guam, one of the 

 Marianne Islands. 



Columba Macquarrie, Tail long : head, pectus, and uropygium, 

 cinereous blue : eyes naked, rather yellow : wings spotted with 

 whitish lunules. — This species is known only from a drawing pre- 

 sented to the expedition by Governor Macquarrie. Another, 

 which was merely casually seen, is mentioned in a note under the 

 name of C. Jamieson^ from the gentleman in whose poultry-yard 

 it was. 



Megapodius. Bill slender, weak, straight, equally broad as 

 high, flattened above at its base ; superior mandible longer than 

 the inferior, slightly curved at its extremity ; inferior mandible 

 straight, not hidden by the elongated margins of the superior : 

 Nostrils nearly oval, open, situated nearer to the apex than to the 

 base of the bill; nasal fossae long, covered by a membrane which 

 is furnished with feathers : circumference of the eye naked : neck 

 almost naked, furnished with a few scattered feathers : Feet large 

 and strong, placed buckAvard on the body ; tarsus thick and long; 

 toes four, much elongated; the three front ones'united at their 

 base by a small membrane, which is more evident between the 

 internal and middle toes than between this latter and the extcr- 



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