TALEGALLUS PYRRHOPYGIUS. 159 



NOTE XXXIX. 

 ON TALEGALLUS PYRRHOPIGIUS. 



BY 



H. SCHLEGEL. 



May 1879. 



Two species of Talegallus are generally known to na- 

 turalists. One, Talegallus Lathamii inhabiting Austra- 

 lia, is remarkable for its size equalling almost that of 

 the Turkey , for its wattled throat and tolerably long roof- 

 shaped tail. The other , Talegallus Cuvieri , is found in 

 New-Guinea and most of its dependencies , viz : the isles of 

 Mysole , Salawattie , Aru and lobie. 



This latter species , however , has been subdivided , by cer- 

 tain modern naturalists , into several other species. All those 

 birds presenting the same size, the same proportions and 

 the same coloring of plumage , other characters have been 

 sought for in order to corroborate those species. One of 

 these characters is said to be in the coloring of the legs and 

 feet , reddish in Talegallus jobiensis , Meyer , yellow in the 

 specimens of all other countries. The specimens of lobie , 

 have , moreover , after the statement of Dr. Meyer , the 

 feathers of the crown somewhat larger and more elongated , 

 a phenomen presented also by some specimens of Tinamus 

 major, separated by Oabanis under the name of Trachy- 

 pelmus subcristatus , a separation which appears rather 

 hazardous. The .specimens of the Archipel of Aru and 

 South-Eastern New-Guinea are entitled , in the opinion of 

 Salvadori , to the rank of a different species , designated by 



Noten lirom. the Leytlen Musexim. 



