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over eye greyish-white; cheeks, neck, and breast, and beneath the 
wings cinnamomeous-red ; scapulars and wings rich emerald-green, 
varied in places with golden colour; back rich bronzy-black, with 
two bands of grey; rump, tail-coverts, and tail bronzy-black ; the 
lateral feathers of latter grey, with black ends and grey margins ; 
under tail-coverts deep black ; vent greyish ; abdomen rufous-brown. 
Length 11", wings 5" 10!, bill from gape 11!". 
Amboyna and Batchian. 
CALZNAS NICOBARICA. B.M. 
Columba nicobarica, Linn. 8. N. i. p. 288. 
Columba gallus, Wagl. Syst. Av. Col. sp. 113. 
Calenas nicobarica, G. R. Gray, List of Gen. of B. 1840, p. 59. 
Batchian and E. Gilolo (Wail. Coll.). 
Goura coronata (Linn.). Banda. 
MEGAPODID. 
MEGAPODIUS FREYCINETI. B.M. 
Megapodius freycineti, Quoy & Gaim. Voy. Uranie, ii. p. 125. 
BPE 
Megapodius freycineti, Pl. Col. 220. 
Juv. Alecthelia urvillii, Less. Voy. de la Coqu. i. p. 703. t. 37. 
Kaisa Island, Batchian, and Gilolo. 
MEGAPODIUS FORSTENI. B.M. 
Megapodius forsteni, Temm. MSS.; G. R. Gray & Mitch. Gen. 
of B. iii. pl. 124. 
Amboyna. 
*MEGAPODIUS WALLACEI. (Pl. CLXXI.) B.M. 
Front of head and throat greyish olivaceous-brown ; hind part of 
head castaneous-brown ; nape and upper part of back olivaceous, 
slightly vermiculated with black; middle of back, greater wing-coverts 
and external web of some of the tertials, deep castaneous, with most 
of the feathers margined with slate-colour ; rump, upper tail-coverts, 
breast, and abdomen slate-colour ; lesser wing-coverts, tertials, and 
tail pale olivaceous-brown ; middle of abdomen pure white; prima- 
ries brownish-black, spotted or partly margined on the outer webs 
with buff-white. Bill yellow; feet horn-colour or black. 
Length 13", wings 7" 6!". 
East Gilolo. 
This bird differs from all its congeners in the variability of its 
coloration, a peculiarity which imparts much interest to this new 
discovery of Mr. Wallace. 
STRUTHIONID. 
Casuarius emeu, Lath. Ceram; Banda. 
