December, W. Snmba. 



( ITfi ) 

 77. Auas siiperciliosa Gm. 



^. Turnix everetti sj). uov. 



One female, sexed by Everett himself, Waingapo, December 1896. " Iris 

 wliite; bill pale lead-grey, ciilmen darker; legs flcsli-colonr." This s])ccimen 

 has the nearest ally in T. ]>>/rrliothorax from Australia, bnt is mnch darker above 

 and brighter below, and considerably smaller. The chest is bright rufous, breast 

 and abdomen white, feathers on the sides of the breast buff or pale rufous, with 

 broad black cross-markings and pale buff edges, flanks light rusty rufous. Feathers 

 of the npperside black, with whitish buff edges and one or two rufous cross-lines 

 before the tip. Bill as high and strong as in T. pyrrhoihorax. 'Wing 70 mm. 



(85 86 in females of T. pyrrhothorax, 74 in males of the latter); tarsus 16; exposed 



culmen 11 mm. 



7'.i. Synoicus raalteni pallidior Hart. 



In Vol. IV. p. 271 I described this pale form from Savu, and I now find that 

 Sumba specimens are perfectly like those from Savu. 



80. Gallus varius Shaw & Nodd. 



Common near Waingapo. " Iris yellow. Bare face and throat pinkisli wliite, 

 darker pink on lower throat, passing into greenish bine at lowest end of gnlar sac, 

 with a band of pure orange next the feather on the side of the neck. Comb dull 

 ]>ink, with greenish blue base." 



81. Megapodius duperreyi Less, k Garn. 

 Not rare on Sumba Island. 



