n. J ad. sk. 



r. Jiiv. st. 

 rv-y. Ad. et imm. 



St. 



=. d" "d. sk. 

 a', y. Ad. sk. 

 V. Ad. sk. 

 </'. Ad. sk. 

 '-'-y'.Ad. ut imm. 



sk. 

 h'. Ad. sk. 

 r. Ad. sk. 



k'-m. cf ad. et 



imm. sk. 

 n'. (j ad. sk. 



(>'. Ad. sk. 

 /y'. Ad. sk. 

 ij'. Ad. sk. 

 /•'. Juv. bkel. 



1. MEG.iPODItrs. 



Boobv Is., ToiTes Straits, 



A II jr. 

 Australia. 

 I'oit Essington, Australia. 



I'ort Es.sington. 



Cape York. 



t'ape York. 



I'oit Albany (C. Coren). 



( J iiff u si an d ( Cuckerell ^^ 



Thoffie). 

 Queensland. 

 I'ort Molle, Queensland, 



Dec. (,/. Macyillin-aij). 

 Cairucross I., Oct. (J. Si.). 



Barnard Isles, June 



(J. M.). 

 No localitv. 



* [Amboina]. 



• No locality. 

 Cape York. 



457 



Vov. of II.M.S.' Alert.' 



Purchased. 



Cai)t. \V. ChamlxTs, R.N 



|P.]. 

 J. B. Jukes, Esq. [P.]. 

 Gould Coll. 

 ' Challenger ' Exped. 

 Tweeddale C(j11. 

 Salvin-Godman Cull. 



1 1 . Megapodius freycineti. 



? La Caille de la Nouvelle Guinee, Soun. Voij. Nouv. Gtiin. p 170. 

 pi. lU.J (.Juv.)(ir7G). 



? New (Guinea Quail, Lath. Gen. Spi. ii. pt. ii. p. 789 (1783) (e.f Son- 

 ncrat). 



? Oriolus cothuvnix, Scop. Del. Flor. ct Faun. Lisiibr. ii. p. 87 (178G) 

 (cj- Sonnerat). 



? T.trao novte-guineac, Gmel. S. K. i. pt. ii. p. 764 (1788) (e.r Sonneraf). 



'; IVrdix uovffi-guineie, Lath. hid. Oni. ii. p. Uo5 (17'JO) {e.v Son- 

 nerat). 



Megapodius freycinet, Quoj/ ^- Gaim. Toy. I'lanie, p. l:?o, pi. 32 

 (181*4) [Waigiou & Guelje] ; LesM. Man. d'Oni. \\. p. 22l> (1828). 



Megapodius fre\cineti, Tevuu. I'l. Cot. v. pi. 4.> [uo. 220T (182-3 f) 

 [iiec Bauda, Amboina !] ; ll'uf//. Si/sf. Av. M.ga])odius, sp. 2, 

 p. 207 {1&27) ; Li'.^i. J'oy. Coijiii/le, ZooL i. pt. ii. p. 702 (1828); 

 ill. Man. d'Oni. ii. p. 224 (lft:2S); Wof/l. Ist.% 1829, p. 736; Le'J. 

 Traite d'Orn. ]>. 478 (1831) ; Sicfiins. "('/«.<». £. ii. p. 3.jl (1837) j 

 Miill. Verh. Land- en Volkenk. p. 109 (1839-44) ; Gnn/, Gen. Ii. 

 iii. p. 491 (1847); Sclat. J.Linn. Soc. ii. p. 1(;9 {ISofy'i ; Gray, 

 P. Z. S. 18r)8, p. 19(5 Xfcw Guinea]; id. Cat. Ii. Sew Ginn. 

 pp. 50, 61 (18o9); id. P. Z. S. 1860. p. 302 [Kaioa. Baiian. 

 tJilolo], 1861, pp. 288, 432. 438 [Boni] ; Rosenb. Nat. Tij.hchr. 

 Ked. Ind. xxv. p. 2.j2 (1863): id. J.f. O. 1864, p. 13.j; Gray 

 P. Z. S. 1864, p. 42 [Mv.-ol, .Mortv Is.l ; Finsch, Xeu- Guinea', 

 p. 180 (I860) [Salawatti, Ternate] ;" 6c/»/. Ned. Tijdjchr. Dierk. 

 iii. p. 261 (18G6) [Raoii, Alareh, Obi, Gagie, & Strong]; Gray, 



* Both these specimens are exactly similar to birds from tl.e Aroe Isliinds, 

 and probably came from tli.-.t locality. 

 r This date is uudoubtcdlv erroneous. 



