1. MEG.vroDTtrs. 453 



naked skin on the fore part and sides of the head and neck red. 

 liill jx'Uow, dusky at the base; iris reddish brown ; legs black, olive- 

 brown or olive ; t'oet black. Total length 15 inches, wing8'8 toU'^, 

 tail 2-5 to 3, tarsus 2-6 to 2-8. 



Specimens difl'or somewhat in size, an adult male from the Admi- 

 ralty Islands in the north being somewhat smaller than those from 

 (Juadalcauar and San C'hristoval in the south of the Solomon group. 



Jfal). Admiralty Is., Xew Hanover, New Ireland, Duke of York I., 

 Now Britain, and the Solomon Islands. 



a. c? !ul. sk. Pigeon I., Admiralty Group. 'Challenger' Exp. 



(Type of M. rubrifrons, Set.) 

 h-(l. Ad. et juv. New Ireland. IJev. G. JJrowu 



•sk. [C.]. 



I-. Ad.sk. New Ireland (-R^y.6-'.7i/-o?'70. Tweeddale Coll. 



./; 'J- 6 2 ad. sk. Duke of York I., Oct., Dec. l)v. K. Bowdler 



( T. Kleinschmtdt). Sharjw [P.]. 



/(. .Tuv. sk. Now]h-itain,Aug.{0.i^(«4't7i). TweeJdale Coll. 



/. 5 a.l. sk. Alu, Shurtlaud I. C. M. Woodford, 



Esq. [C.]. 



/.-. Juv. sk. Gulf I., Solomon Group, J. Bieuchlev, Esq. 



Sept. [P.]. (Type of 



M. brenchlef/i^ Gray.). 



/. 5^ ad. flk. San Christoval. Heginald Tupper, 



I'sq. rp.i- 

 in. 71. 2 ad. et San Christoval, Jan. (J., 1/ac- ^ oy;ige of II.M.S. 

 juv.sk. yiUicray). 'Herald.' 



9. Megapodius macgillivrayi. 



Megapouius duperreyii, Macyill. (ncc J,c»s.) l'«y. ' liattlemahe,'' i. 

 ]). IHO, ii. p. ()3 (IfSo:^) ; Rairum/, P. Linn. Soc. A'.'S'. K'. iv. p. lUl 

 (1879) [part.]; Oudal. Ann. Set. y'a'. xi. p. 77 (1881) [part.]. 



Megapodius macgillivrayi, Grai/, P. Z. S. 18<>1, p. '269, 18154, p. 4^5 

 [Duchateau and Pig Is., Louisiade Arch.] ; Reichenh. Taidten, 

 p. liJO (18G2); hM. Scd. TijihJa: Dicrf;. iii. p. I'Gl (LStIO); 

 (h-aij, LUt Gullince Brit. Mu... p. 10(1SG7); id. Hand-l. B. ii. 

 J). I'u-j (1870) ; Hchl. Mus. Pays- lias, \m. ]>. tio (1^>0); Stilvad. 

 Ann. Mus. Civ. Genov. xviii. j). G (188:>); id. Orn. Pap. iii. p. 'S2'i 

 (1S82); id. Affffiunfe Orn. Pap. pt. iii. p. 1!»4 (18'.»1). 



Mi'gapudius niacgillivraii, ^clat. P. Z. <!>'. lb7G, p. 4G0, pi. xliii. 

 [shores of Huou Gulfj. 



Adult male and fern nh. Closely resemble M. eremita, from which 

 they may be at once distinguished by the colour of the legs, which 

 are a])i)arently orange-red like those of M. dnpenryi ; tlie naked skin 

 on the forehead and round the eye appears to have been dark 

 jiurplish black, not red ; wliile the occipital feathers are elongate, 

 and form a short thick crest as in M. fomti'in. Total length HJ'O 

 inches, wing 8-5-8'll, tail ;3-;3-2, tarsus 2'A 'l-"!. 



Jfah. Louisiade Archipelago, extending to the shores of Huoa 

 (iulf and the Astrolabe Mountains. 



«. cJ ad. sk. Duchateau Is., Louisiade Arch. Yoy. of II. M.S. ' Rattle- 

 (J. MacyiUivray). snalcp.' (Type of the 



sjiecies.) 



