46 CATALOGUE OF THE BIRDS OF THE 



GoURA CORONATA. 



Columha coronata, Linn. S. N. i. p. 282. 

 Goura coronata, Steph. Gen. Zool. xi. i. p. 120. 

 Lophyrus indicus, Steph. Gen. Zool. xiv. p. 294. pi. 19. 

 " Crown Bird," Bougainv. Voyage, Engl. edit. p. 329. 

 New Britain ; New Ireland. 



DlDUNCULUS STRIGIROSTRIS. 



Gnathodon strigirostris, Jard. Ann. Nat. Hist. 1845, xvi. p. 175. 

 pi. 9. 



Didunculus strigirostris, Peale, U. S. Expl. Exped. p. 209. pi. 34. 



Pleiodus strigirostris, Reiehenb. 



Gould, B. of Austr. pi. 76 ; G. R. Gray and Mitch. Gen. of B. ii. 

 pi. 120*. 



' Manu-mea ' of the natives. 



Samoan or Navigators' Islands (Upolu). {Mus. Jardine.) 



Megapodid^e. 



Megapodius La Perousii. 



Megapodius La Perousii, Quoy &Gaim.Voy.rUranie, p. 127. t.33. 



' Sassegniat ' of the natives. 



Ladrone or Marian Islands (Tinian). 



Megapodius ? B.M. 



The egg only of a Megapodius has been brought from the Sa- 

 moan or Navigators' Islands ; but no example of the perfect bird 

 has yet been recorded by naturalists or others as from that locality. 



Megapodius ? B.M. 



The egg only of a Megapodius has also been obtained from the 

 Hapace Islands ; but the perfect bird is unknown to naturalists. 



Phasianid^e. 



Gallus Bankiva, var. 



Gallus Bankiva, var., G. R. Gray. 



Gallus bankiva, var. tahiticus, Peale, U.S. Expl. Exped. p. 180. fig. 



Society, Tonga, Feejee, and Sandwich Islands, New Caledonia, &c. 



STRUTHIONIDiE. 



Casuarius Bennettii. B.M. 



Casuarius Bennettii, Gould, Proc. Z. S. 1857, p. 268. pi. 129; 

 Benn. Proc. Z. S. 1859, p. 32. 

 ' Mooruk ' of the natives. 

 New Britain. 



