458 megapodiidj:. 



List Gallinm Brit. Mus. p. 19 (1867) ; id. Band-l. B. ii. p. 255 



(1870); 8chl. Dierent. p. 213 (1872) [Gilolo]; Meyer, SB. Ak. 



Wien, Ixix. pp. 88, 215 (1874) ; Rosenb. Reist. naar Geelvinkh. 



p. 8 (1875) [Ternate] ; Salvnd. Ann. Mus. Civ. Genov. vii. p. 793 



(1875) ; Cab. ^ Reichenow, J.f. O. 1870, p. 326 [Pulo-Pfinantr] ; 



Salvad. Ann. Mus. Civ. Genov. ix. p. 65 (1876) [Bataug Ketc'll, 



X. p. 102 (1877) [Sorong] ; Rosenb. Malat/. Archip. pp. 407, 562 



(1878-9) ; UAlb. Nuova Guin. p. 582 (1880) ; Schl. Mus. Pays- 



Bas, viii. p. 66 (1880); Oustal. Ann. Set. Nat. xi. p. 64 (1881) ; 



Salvad. Ann. Mus. Civ. Genov. xviii. p. (1882) ; id. Orn. Pap. iii. 



p. 230 (1882) ; Pleshe, Bull. Ac. St. Petersb. xxix. pp. 536, 540 



(1884) [Ternate] ; Guillem. P. Z. S. 1885, p. 570 [Batjan], p. 663 



[Waigiou]; Nehrk. J.f. 0. 1885, p. 34 [VVaigiou]; Salvad. 



Aggiunte Orn. Pip. pt. iii. p. 194 (1891). 

 Alecthelia urvilii, Less. ^- Gam. Bull. Sci. Nat. viii. p. 115 (1826) ; 



Less. Voy. Coqinlle, Zool. i. pt. ii. p. 703, pi. 37 (1828) [Guebe, 



Molucca Is.]. 

 Alecthelia imillii, Z<'ss. Man. d'Orn. ii. p. 225 (1828); id. Traite 



d'Orn. p. 479 (1831) ; id. Compl. de But, Ois. p. 257, pi. 8. fig. 1 



(1840). 

 ? Coturnix novfe-giiineae, Graj/, Gen. B. iii. p. 507 (1846); id. 



P. Z. S. 1861, p. 438; id. Cat. B. Nero Guin. pp. 60, 01 (1859); 



Finsch, Neu-Guin. p. 179 (1865) ; Rosenb. Malay. Arch. p. 562 



(1879). 

 Megapodius quovii, Gray, P. Z. S. 1861, p. 289, pi. xxxii. [S. 



Gilolo], 1864, 'p. 43; 'Finsch, Neu-Guin. p. 180 (1805); Gray, 



List Galliiue Brit. Mus. p. 19 (1867) ; id. Hand-l. B. ii. p. 255 



(1870). 

 Megapodius alecthelia, Quoy S) Gaim., Reichenh. Tavben, p. 6, pi. 275. 



liar. 1529 (1802) ; RoM-iib. Nat. Tijdschr. Ned. Lid. xxv. p. 253 



(1863) : id. J.f. O. 1864, p. 135. 

 ? Excalfactoiia nova-guinea', Jerd. B. Lid. iii. p. 592 (1863). 



Adult male and female. General colour black; feathers of fore- 

 head extend to the base of the culmen, those on the occiput rather 

 elongate and forming a short full crest : top of the head, mantle, 

 and upper back \^ashed with grey ; wings, lower back, rump, and 

 upper tail-coverts with a brownish and sometimes an olive-brown 

 tinge ; feathers on the chin, throat, and rest of the underparts 

 black, washed with grey like the mantle, shading into brownish 

 black on the belly and thighs. Naked skin on the sides of tlie 

 head and neck dull red ; bill dusky horn-colour, paler towards the 

 extremity ; iris chestnut ; legs and feet black. Total length 15 

 inches, wing 8*7-9, tail 3-3"3, tarsus 2-7-3. 



Immature birds resemble the adult, but ma}' be easily recognized 

 by their smaller size, pointed outer primaries, and by the brownish- 

 buff feathers still remaining among the dark greyish-black plumage 

 of the underparts, also by having some of the secondaries edged with 

 rufous on the outer web. 



Hub. Molucca Islands and Western Xew Guinea, 



a. Ad. St. Mortv Island. A. E,. Wallace, Esq. 



[C.]. 



b. d ad. sk. Morty Island ( Wallace). Tweeddale Coll. 



