iq6 Lloyd's natural history. 



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

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

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

 In addition to the vrattle 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'S-4*2. 



Range. — Island of Waigiou. 



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



ARFAKL\NUS. 



Talegallus arfahianus, Salvad. Ann. Mus. Civ. Genov. ix. pp. 



ZZZ^ 334 (iS77)- 

 Talegallus pyrrhopygius, Schl. Notes Leyd. Mus. 1. p. 159 



\1879). 

 Talegallus {Aepypodius) pyrrhopygius, Oustalet, Ann. Scl Nat. 



xi. p. 40, fig. 35 (1881). 

 Aepypodius arfakianus, Salvad. Ann. Tslus. Civ. Genov. xviii. 



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



470 (1893). 

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

 acters : — the back of the head and nape thickly covered 7vith 

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

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

 c\\e?.tbro2vnish-hlack. Total length, 17-5 inches; wing, 10-5 ; 

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



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

 vink Bay. 



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

 semble the Brush-Turkeys [Talegallus) 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 thia 

 species. 



