24 Shufei.dt, Material fnr a Study of the Megapndiidc^. [,^, T] . 



(p. 467) (Plate XIII., fig. 27), and T. longicaiidus, A. B. Meyer 

 (p. 467). 



The first species occurs in West New Guinea and Molucca 

 Islands, the second in New Guinea and the Aru Island, the third 

 in New Guinea and Jobi Islands, and the last-named in South- 

 East New Guinea. 



I find two skins of Cuvier's Brush-Turkey {T. cuvieri) in the 

 collection of the United States National Museum, and they are 

 as follows : — 

 No. 146,767. — A. A. Bruijn, Ternate, coll. N. Guinea, 1879, Mt. 



Arfak, N. Guinea. (It is from Mus. Boucard.) 

 No. 146,768, $. — Ditto. Collected in same locaUty in 1879. 



These birds are entirely different from such forms as the 

 Nicobar Megapode. They are black, with large, nearly naked 

 heads, with large, pale-coloured feet and tarsi. Big light -coloured 

 bills, the superior mandible being curved downward. Nostril 

 exposed and elliptical. Extremely narrow, hair-like feathers on 

 top of head and occiput black. 



There do not appear to be any skins of T. fiiscirostris or T. 

 longicaudiis in the collections of the United States National Museum, 

 which cannot be said of Talegallns johiensis (Plate IV., fig. 8), for 

 of the latter species I find skins of five (5) adult birds, all from 

 the Boucard Museum, and collected by A. A. Bruijn. Their 

 numbers are as follows : — 

 No. 146,770, ?. — Jobi. 

 No. 146,771 (sex ?) — Waigiou. 

 No. 146,772, S- — Jobi [on labet " Tobie "]. 

 No. 146,773, $. — Jobi. 

 No. 146,774, ci- — Waigiou. 



These skins are badly made up, the heads being sunk far down 

 between the shoulders, rendering them unsightly and almost 

 useless for pictorial purposes through the use of photography. 

 However, they give a good idea of the plumage and general appear- 

 ance of the species. 



Catheturus (Swains.) 

 (Ogilvie-Grant, " Cat. B.," xxii., p. 467, 1893.) 

 (Plate v., fig. 9.) 

 The members of this genus are large birds, having some 

 resemblance to a Turkey [Meleagris], hence the name of "Brush- 

 Turkey " for them. Up to date (September, 1914) there appear 

 to be but two species of them known — namely, the Brush-Turkey 

 (C. lathanii, Lath.) of Queensland and New South Wales, Aus- 

 tralia, and Barnard's Brush-Turkey (C. purpttreicollis) (Le Souef, 

 Ibis, 1898, p. 51). They have been frequently described and 

 figured, and these descriptions are generally accompanied by 

 some account of tlicir breeding habits, &c.* 



* Gould, " Birds of Australia," v., pi. Ixxvii., and works of oilier Aus- 

 tralian ornithologists cited above. Ogilvie-Grant's description in the 

 " Cat. Birds Brit. ]\Ius." is accurate and quite full. 



