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feathers ; sides of the head, throat, and fore-part of the neck 

 mostly naked. No wattle at the base of the neck. 



Bill stout and strong. 



Nostrils oval. 



Tail rather long, rounded, and composed of sixteen feathers, 

 the middle pair being the longest. 



First primary flight-feather shorter thati the tenth ; fifth and 

 sixth slightly the longest. 



Legs (metatarsi) and feet large ; the fore-part of the legs 

 covered with a single row of large scales. 



Claws shorter., ajid more rounded than in Megapoditis and 

 Etilipoa, the claw of the middle toe being shcrter than the 

 upper mandible, measured from the posterior \Aall of the nos- 

 tril to the tip. 



I. cuvier's brush-turkey, talegallus cuvieri. 



Talegalliis cuvieri., Lesson, Voy. " Coquille," Zool. Atl. \\. 38 

 (1826); id. Voy. "Coquille," Zool. i. pt. ii. p. 716 (182S); 

 Ogilvie-Grant, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. xxii. p. 465 (1893). 



Adult Male and Female. — General colour black ; head and back 

 of the neck thinly covered with 71 arrow., almost hair- 1 ike, feathers, 

 which are recumbent on the crown; throat sparsely covered with 

 brownish-white feathers. Bill orange-7-ed (yellow in dried speci- 

 mens) ; naked skin on the sides of the head, and neck reddish- 

 brown ; legs and feet orange or yellow. Total length, 20-21 

 inches; wing, io'8; tail, 6*3; tarsus, 3'3-3'5. 



Younger examples have the back and sides of the neck mostly 

 dark chestnut. 



Range. — Western New Guinea, and the Islands of Salawatti, 

 Mysol, and Halmahera. 



Hatits. — Von Rosenberg states that this species is not to be 

 met with on the mountains, its place there being taken by 

 Aepypodius arfakianus. Nothing further has been published 

 regarding its habits. 



