4G4; MEGAroDiiD.i;. 



priman'-ooverts pale brown, darkesb towards the extremity aTid 

 tipped with white, most of the former being mottled with black on 

 the terminal half of the outer web ; rest of secondaries very similar, 

 but much more coarsely mottled with black, white, and brown on the 

 terminal half of the outer web ; forehead and superciliary stripes 

 washed with grey : cheeks, chin, and throat pale rust-colour, the 

 median feathers with wide white centres ; chest and upper part of 

 breast grej", with a band of black and white feathers down the 

 middle ; rest of underparts whitish, shading into buff on the vent 

 and under tail-coverts ; feathers of the sides barred with black ; 

 under wing-coverts and axillaries washed with chestnut ; median 

 tail-feathers brownish, with irregular mottled bars of black ; outer 

 feathers black, somewhat widely tipped with creamy white. Naked 

 skin on the sides of the head pale blue : bill, legs, and feet dark 

 brown ; iris light hazel. Total length 1'4 inches, wing 12-5, tail d, 

 tarsus 3"1. 



JJab. Same as that of the genus. 



a,l>. c? 2 ad. st. S. Australia. Sir George Grey [P.]- 



c. Ad.sk. S. Australia (t7. C'ofA-e/'e?/ Salvin-Godmau Cull. 



Sf J. Thorpe). 



d. Skeleton. Zool. Soc. Coll. 



4. TALEGALLUS. 



Type. 

 Talegallus, Less. Voi/. C'oqiiille, i. pt. ii. p. 715 (1823) .... T. cuvieri. 



Talegalla, Less. Man. d'Orn. ii. p. 185 (1828) T. cuvieri. 



Tallegallus, Schl. Mus. Fai/s-Bas, viii. p. 78 (1880) T. cuvieri. 



Top of the head covered with narrow feathers ; sides of the head, 

 chin, throat, and fore part of the neck mostly naked; no wattle. 



Nostrils oval. 



Tail rather longer than in ^■Epypodius, rounded, composed of IG 

 feathers, the middle pair being the longest. 



Upper tail-coverts black, not extending nearly to the cud of the 

 tail-feathers. 



1st primary much shorter than the 10th; 5th and Gth slightly 

 the longest. 



Tarsi and feet large ; fore part of tarsus covered with a single row 

 of scutes. 



lianeje. New Guinea and some of the islands off the coast. 



Key to the /Species. 



A. Top of the head covered with thin recumbent 



hair-like feathers. 



a. Bill yellow cuvieri, p. 465. 



b. Bill sooty-brown fuscirostris, p. 46G. 



B. Top of the head covered with semi-erect and 



much wider feathers with well-developed webs. 



c. Tail shorter, 6-4-G-8 inches johiensis, p. 467. 



d. Tail longer, 8 inches longicaudus, p. 467 



