6. AEpypoDius. 471 



Talegallus pyrrhopyfriu3, Schl. Notes Leyd. Mas. i. p. 159 (1879) 

 [West coast of Geelviuk Bav ?]; Reichenow 8^- Schal. J.f. 0. 1879, 

 p. 422 ; Oustal C. R. xc. p. iiOG (1880) ; id. Bull. Assoc. iSci. Fr. (2) 

 1. p. 17:U1880) ; Ramsay, P. Linn. Soc. N.S. W. viii. p. 26 (1883) 

 [EgfT from Astrolabe Mts.]. 



Talejrallus ai-faki, .SV/i/. Notes Leyd. Mus. i. p. 160 (1879). 



Tallegallus pyrrhopyifius, .S'c7i/. Mm. Pays-Bas, viii. p. 82 (1880). 



Talet^^allus (/Epvpodius) pvrrhopvgius, Oustal. Ann. Sci. Nat. xi. 

 p. 40, tier. 3,5 ('1881) [Ajeniiasi, Arfak Mts.]. 



Aepvpodius arfakiaims, Salvad. Ann. Miis. Civ. Genov. xviii. p. 8 

 (1882) ; id. Orn. Pap. iii. pp. 251, 564 [Sogeri] (1882). 



Aepipodius arfakianus, Sahad. Anniunte Orn. Pup. pt. iii. p. 195 

 (1891). 



Adult. General colour of the upper parts black, tinged with 

 brown on the wings ; rump and upper tail-coverts dark chestnut, 

 underparts bro'\\Tier. Head and neck almost naked with the 

 exception of the nape and the back of the head, which are thickly 

 covered with black feathers ; top of the head sparingly covered with 

 hair-like black featheis; a fleshy crest from the base of the culraen 

 to the middle of the crown ; an elongated wattle from the base of the 

 fore neck (but the lateral wattles on the sides of the neck, so con- 

 spicuous in A. hruijiii. are absent). Naked skin on the sides of the 

 head and the wattles are apparently yellowish ; feet and bill dusky. 

 Total length 17'5 inches, wing 10-5, tail 5o, tarsus 3-6. 



In a younger specimen the chin and throat are covered with 

 yellowish- white downy feathers. 



Hah. New Guinea; West coast of Geelviuk Bay, and Astrolabe 

 Mountains. 



a, b. Ad. sk. Astrolabe Mts., S.E. New II. II. Romilly, Esq. [P.]. 

 Guinea. 



c. Imm. sk. Astrolabe Mts. A. Goldie, Esq. [C.l 



d. $ imm. sk. Sogeri, S.E. New Guinea. II. 0. Forbes, Esq. [C.]. 



7. MEGACEPHALON. 



Type. 

 Megacephalon, Temm., Gray, Gen. B. iii. p. 489 (184G) . . M. maleu. 

 Macrocephalou, Miill. Archiv fiir Katurg. xii. pt. i. p. 116 



(1846) M. maleo. 



Jlegacephala, Heine, Nomencl. Mus. Rein. p. 303 (1887) . . M. maleo. 



Head naked, covered with a large round occipital casque ; a 

 rounded tubercle behind each nostril ; neck, chin, and throat thinly 

 covered with hair-like feathers. 



Nostril a rather large rounded oval. 



Tail composed of 18 feathers, 3rd pair being considerably longer 

 than the middle pair, ginng the tail a CO-shaped appearance when 

 expanded. 



Upper tail-coverts much shorter than the tail-feathers. 



1st primary much shorter than the 2nd, which is about equal to the 

 10th ; 6th slightly the longest. 



Tarsi and feet rather long, the fore part of the tarsus reticulated 

 with small hexagonal scales. 



Raujc. North Celebes and the Sanghir Islands. 



