12. MEGALOPRErU. 169 



a,b,c. Ad.st.et Cape York, North Australia, Yoy.ofll.MS.'Rnttle- 

 2 »k. Oct., Nov. (/. Mucjilli- snake.' (Types of 



. . vra y)- species.) 



d. S ad. ek. Cape York. « Challenger ' Exped. 



e,f, g. Ad. sk. Somerset, Cape York ( Cock- Salvin-Godman Coll. 



erell $ Thorpe). 



''■ Atl sk - Port Albany (C. Coxen). Tweeddale Coll. 



4. Megaloprepia poliura. 



PtUopus puellus (part.), ScMeg. Mus.P.-B. ColumbfB, p. 40(specim. 

 from Jobi) (1873) : Bosenb. Malay. Arc/tip. p. 5(51 (part.) (1879). 



Megaloprepia assimilis, Salvad. $ D'Alb. (nee Gould) Ann. Mus. 

 Civ. Gen. vii. p. 833, n. 72 (Mount Epa) (1875) ; Salvad. Ann. 

 Mm. Civ. Gen. ix. p. 199, n. 33 (part.) (1876) ; JJ'Alb. Si/dn. Mall, 

 1877, p. 248j id. Ann. Mus. Civ. Gen. x. pp. 18, 20 (Fly River) 

 (1877) ; If Alb. Nuova Gum. p. 585 (1880); Fmseh, Too. d. Siid- 

 see, p. 28 (Goldie and Laloki River) (1884). 



Carpophaga puella, Hams, (nee Less.) Pr. Linn. Soc. X. S. W. i. p. 394 

 (Port Moresby) (1876) : Sharpe, Journ. Linn. Soc, Zool. xiii. 

 p. 503 (LalokiRiver) (1877), xiv. p. 588 (1879): Rams. Pr.Linn. 

 Soc. X. S. W. iii. p. 103 (1878). 



Megaloprepia poliura, Salvad. Ann. Mus. Civ. Gen. xii. pp. 426, 427 

 (S.E. New Guinea and Jobi) ( 1878); Rams. Pr. Linn. Soc. X S W 

 iii. p. 291 (1878) ; Salvad. P. Z. S. 1879, p. 67; I)' Alb. $ Salvad. 

 Ann. Mus. Civ. Gen. xiv. p. 119 (Fly River) (1879) ; Salvad. P Z S 

 1879, p. 67; id. Ibis, 1879, p. 326; D'A/b. Nuova Guin. p. 588 

 (1880); Sharpe, Journ. Linn. Soc, Zool. xvi. p. 446 (1882) ; Salvad 

 Orn. Pap. e Mol. iii. pp. 68, 557 (1882) ; Meyer, Zeitsnhr. f. yes. 

 Orn. 1886, p. 37 (Kaf'u) ; Ranis. Tab. List, note 530 a (1888) : 

 Tnstr. Cat. Coll. B. p. 43 (188! ») ; Meyer, Ibis, 1890, p 422 

 (Gumbu, N.E. New Guinea) ; Salvad. Mem. R. Ac. Sc Tor (•■>) 



( arlii. p. 65 {Aag. Orn. Pap. e Mol. p. 181) (1891). 

 Ptilopus (Megaloprepia) poliura, Rams. Pr. Linn. Soc X. S }\~ iv 



p. 100, n. 158 (1879). 

 Carpophaga poliura, Rams. Pr. Linn. Soc X. S. W. viii. p. 23 (1883) 

 ( l 'fc r fc')- 



Similar to M. magnified and M. assimilis, but smaller than either, 

 and with the grey under tail-coverts washed with green : "hill and 

 feet greenish; iris yellow" (D'Albertis). Total length about 13 

 inches, wing 6*8 to i\-~o. 



Hob. Jobi and Central and Eastern New Guinea. 



a. S ad. sk. Ansae, Ial. of Jobi, New Guinea, Salvin-Godman Coll 



April [A. B. Meyer). 



b. $ ad. ek. Central New Guinea (D^J&er- Salvin-Godman Coll. 



tu). 



r : A{ \ sl j- Port Moresby. J. Broadbent [C. n . 



* Ad. sk. Astrolabe Mts., June (A. Go/die). Tweeddale Coll. 



•■ A «f.ek. Astrolabe Mts. Dr. Romillj P. . 



/• Ad. sk. S.E. New Guinea. Salvin-Godman Coll. 



