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light purple or lilac tint on the chest ; the shoulders and the 

 spots on the wing-coverts, scapulars, and tertiaries, deep violet, 

 almost black ; the greater wing-coverts and secondaries margined 

 with yellow on the outer webs ; all the tail feathers with an 

 apical whitish band, under tail-coverts pure white, with a broad 

 line of green on the inner web. 



Loc. Lango, G-andalcanar. 



28. — Megapodius brenchleyi, G. R. Gray. 



This species was first indicated by Dr. Sclater from Eggs obtained 

 at Savo by Mr. Brazier, but no description was given of the bird 

 either adult or young. Dr. Q. E-. Gray obtained the eggs and 

 young birds from the author of the " Cruise of the Curagoa," 

 Mr. Brenchley, after whom he named this species. It is probably 

 the same species as alluded to by Dr. Sclater, but the j)ractice of 

 naming birds from eggshells, or from a recollection of having 

 once seen a specimen in the field or otherwise without having 

 ever handled a single individual has been carried rather too far 

 of late, e. g., Merula bicolor, and others. 



Adult male. — The forehead, space roimd the eyes, and scantily 

 feathered portions of the neck, reddish carmine. The neck, mantle, 

 chest, breast, dark slaty brown ; head, flanks, abdomen, and under 

 tail-, and wing-coverts, and under sides of the tail and wing 



