412 gallo-gralla:. 



Family MEGAPODIIDJ^ *. 

 [Cy. Seebohm, Classif. li. p. 42.] 



A. Nasals holorhinal. 



B, Sternum more than twice the length of its inner notch. 



0. Hallux on the same level as the other toes, and its basal 



phalanx as long as that of the third toe, 

 D. Oil-ffland nude. 



Genus TALEGALLUS. 



Lesson, Zool. Voy. Coqiiille, i. p. 715, pi. xxxviii. (lS2(j). 



Talegallus lathami. 



Alectura lathami, Graj', Zool. Misc. p. 4 (1831). 

 Talegallus lathami (Gray), Gould, Haiidb. B. Austr. ii. p. 150 

 (1865). 



The Wattled Brush-Turkey. 



Hah. Australia. 



2070. Skeleton. 0. ( '., A. lo99c. Gould Collection. 



2071. Skeleton (imperfect). 0. C, A. 1309 d. 



Gould Collection. 



2072. Sternum of male, with shoulder-girdle. From Richmond 



River, N. S. Wales {E. P. Ramsm/). S. S. 1848. 



Presented In/ P. L. Selatet; Esg., F.R.S. 



Genus MEGACEPHALUM t. 



Gray, Gen. B. iii. p. 489, pi. 123 (1846). 



* = Suborder Megapodii, Sharpe, Review, p. 68. Cf. Oustalet, Bibl. 

 Haut. Etudes, xxii. Art. 2, 1881, pis. 1, 2 (skeleton oi Megacephalon maleo), 

 pi. 3 (skeleton of Megapodius duperreyi). 



t This name is generally credited to Teniniinck, but does not ap])ear to 

 have been published by him. 



