196 ATLF.NS NATURATJST'S LIP.RARY. 



chest and upper breast mostly chestnut; rest of under-parts 

 mosdy dirty grey. In addition to the fleshy crest, the top 

 of the head is entirely covered with close- set horny papilli. 

 In addition to the wattle at the base of the fore-neck, there 

 are a pair of elongate wattles, one on each side of the nape. 

 Naked skin and wattles apparently red or orange. Total 

 length, 19 inches; wing, ir5-i2-4; tail, 57-6-4; tarsus 

 3-8-4-2. 



Range. — Island of Waigiou. 



II. THE NE\V GUINEA WATTLED BRUSH-TURKEY. AEPYPODIUS 

 ARFAKIANUS. 



Tak.gallus aifakinnus, Salvad. Ann. Mus. Civ. Genov. ix. pp. 



333, 334 (1877). 

 Takgallus pyrrhopygius, Schl. Notes Leyd. Mus. i. p. 159 



\1879). 

 Takgalhis {Aepypodiits) pyrrhopygius, Oustalet, kww. Sci. Nat. 



xi. p. 40, fig. 35 (188 1 ). 

 Aepypodius aifakiamis, Salvad. Ann. Mus. Civ. Genov. xviii. 



p. 8 (1882); Ogilvie-Grant, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. xxii. p. 



470(1893). 

 Adult. — May be easily recognised by the following char- 

 acters : — the 1)ack of the head and nape thickly cove?'ed with 

 black feathers ; the top of the head devoid of papilli ; the 

 lateral wattles, so conspicuous in A. bruijni, absent, and the 

 chesi bro2viiish-t)lack. Total length, 17-5 inches; wing, 10-5 ; 

 tail, 5-5 ; tarsus, 2^-6. 



Eange. — South-east New Guinea to the "West coast of Geel- 

 vink Bay. 



HaMts. — Nothing has been recorded, but they probably re- 

 semble the Brush-Turkeys {Talegalhis) in their mode of life. 

 A nesting-mound found by Beccari in the Arfak Mountains 

 at an altitude of 6,000 feet, was probably the work of this 

 species. 



