46(l MEGAPODIID^. 



a. Juv. sk. Gilolo. Purchased. 



h,c. 5 ad. sk. Kasim,MyPol Island, July, Gould Coll. 



Sept. (A. R. Wallace), 



d, e. Ad. st. et sk. New Guinea. A. R. Wallace, Esq. [C.l 



/. Tmm. sk. Dorey. A. R. Wnllace, Esq. [C.J. 



2, Talegallus fuscirostris. 



Talegallus cuvieri, Gray {nee Less.), P. Z. S. 1858, p. 187 [Aroe Is.]; 



id. Cat.B. Neiu Guin. p. 49 [part.] : id. P. Z. S. 1861, pp. 288, 438 



[part.J; Reichenb. Tauhen, p. 162 (1862); Gra%i, P. Z. S. 1864, 



p. 42 [part.] ; Finsch, Xeu-Giiin. p. 179 (186.5) [part.1 ; Schl. Ned. 



Tijdschr. D:erk, iii. p. 259 (1866) [part.] ; Posenh. Reis. naar de 



Zuidoosfereil, pp. 50, 51 (1867); Gray, List Galling Brit. Mits. 



p. 18 (1867) [part.]; id. Hand-l. ^.'ii. p. 254 (1870) [part.]; 



Meyer, SB. Ak. Wien, Ixix. p. 85 (1874) [part., Rubi, S. coast of 



Geelvink Bay] ; Salvad. Sf D^Alb. Ann. Mus. Civ. Genov. vii. 



p. 8.39 (1875) [Mount Epa] ; B' Alh. Ann. Mus. Civ. Genov. x. 



p. 20 (1877) [Fly River]; Rosenh. Malay. Archip. p. 372 (1878-9). 

 Tallogalla cuvieri, Rosenb. Nat. Tijdschr. Ned. Lnd. xxv. p. 252 



(1863) [part.]. 

 Talegalla cuvieri, Rosenb. J.f. 0. 1864, p. 1-35 [part.]. 

 Talegallus sp., Sharpe, P. Z. S. 1874, p. 607 [egg- from S.E. New 



Guinea]. 

 Megapodius cuvieri, Ramsai/, P. Linn. Soc. N. S. W. i. p. 394 (1877) 



[Laloki R., S.E. New Guinea], ii. p. 122 (1877) [Port Moresby]. 

 Talegallus fuscirostris, Salvad. Ann. Mus. Civ. Genov. ix pp. 332, 



3.34 (1877) [S. New Guinea and Aroe Is.], x. pp. 20 [note] 162 



(1877) [Kulukadi] ; Sharpe, J. Linn. Soc. xiii. p. 504 (1877), xiv. 



p. 634 (1879) [Port Moresby] ; Ramsay, P. Linn. Soc. N. S. W. iii. 



p. 296 (1878) ; D'Alb. ^ Salvad. Ann. Mus. Civ. Gmov. xiv. 



p. 127 (1879) ; Schl. Notes Leyd. Mus. i. p. 160 (1879) ; UAlb. 



Nuova Guin. pp. 310, 582, .585, 588 (1880) [near Hall Sound] ; 



Oustal. Ann. Sci. Nat. xi. p. 49 (1881); Salvad. Ann. Mus. Civ. 



Genov. xviii. p. 8 (1882) ; id. Orn. Pap. iii. p. 248 (1882) ; 3Ieyer, 



SB. Abh. Ges. Isis, 1884, Abb. i. p. 52 ; Salvad. Ann. Mus. Civ. 



Genov. (2) ix. p. 590 (1890) [Rigo]; Meyer, Ibis, 1890, p. 424; 



Salvad. Aggiunte Orn. Pap. pt. iii. p. 195 (1891). 

 Megapodius (Talegallus) fuscirostris, Ramsay, P. Linn. Soc. N. S. W. 



iv. p. 101 (1879). 

 Tallegallus cuvieri, Schl. Mus. Pays-Bas, viii. p. 80 (1880) [part., 



Aroe Is.]. 



Adult male and female. Plumage similar to that of T. cuvieri, 

 but the bill is sooty brown instead of orange-red. Naked skin of 

 the head and neck blackish grey ; iris yellow or brown ; feet 

 yeUow. Total length 21 inches, wing 11-11-5, tail 6-8-7, tarsus 

 3-5-3-7. 



Hab. Southern New Guinea, ranging north-eastwards to Rubi on 

 Geelvink Bay ; Aroe Is. 



a. Ad. sk. Sogeri District, S.E. New H. 0. Forbes, Esq. [C.]. 



Guinea, Feb. 



b. Ad. sk. Port Moresby. K. Broadbent, Esq. [C.l 

 r. Juv. sk. Aroe Is. A. R. Wallace, Esq. [0.]. 



