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rather more definitely the Numididae from the Phasianidae, to 

 bi'ing them nearer to the Megapodes. M. Oiistalet's " Alec- 

 toromorpliEe^' thus consists of six families — namely^ Cracidge, 

 Megapodiidfej Numididse^ Meleagridse, Phasiauidie^ and Te- 

 traonidse. 



The Megapodiidse are then divided into four genera^ as 

 follows : — 



1. Megacephalon, with 1 species. 



2. Leipoa, „ 1 „ 



3. Taleg alius, „ 7 „ 



4. Megapodius, ^^ 19 ,, 



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Full details are given of each of these species and of the facts 

 of their extraordinary modes of reproduction^ so far as they 

 are known. General observations on the geographical distri- 

 bution of tlie family conclude this excellent and instructive 

 memoir. Colonred figures are given of Talegallus bruijnii 

 and of the heads of three species of the same genus. 



15. Pelzeln on Birds from Borneo. 



[HeiT Gustos A. von Pelzeln bericlitet liber Dr. Breitenstein's zweite 

 Seudung von Stiugetliieren uud Vogeln aus Borneo. Verb, der k.k. zool.- 

 bot. Gesell. Wieu, 1880.] 



Only two birds are mentioned, Arachnothera longirostris 

 and Polyplectron schleiermackeri : the female of the latter is 

 now first described. The collection was made at Teweh_, in 

 Central Borneo. • 



16. Pelzeln on Birds from Central Africa. 



[Ueber eine Sendung von Vogeln aus Ceutral-Afrika. Von August 

 von Pelzeln. Verb, der k.k. zool.-bot. Gesell. Wieu, 1881, p. 141.] 



Herr v. Pelzeln gives us an account of a collection of 150 

 skins sent by Dr. Emin Bey from the country between Lado 

 and the Albert Nyanza. Eremomela hypoxantha is described 

 as new ; a new genus [Icteropsis) is proposed for Hyphantornis 

 crocata, Hartlaub ; and various notes are given. 



