196 LLOYD’S NATURAL HISTORY. 
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 with close-se¢t horny papill. 
In addition to the wattle at the base of the fore-neck, there 
are a pair of elongate watiles, one on each side of the nape. 
Naked skin and wattles apparently red or orange. Total 
length, 19 inches; wing, 11°5-12°4; tail, 5°7-6°43; tarsus 
210-42; 
Range.—Island of Waigiou. 
Il, THE NEW GUINEA WATTLED BRUSH-TURKEY. AEPYPODIUS 
ARFAKIANUS. 
Talegallus arfaktanus, Salvad. Ann. Mus. Civ. Genov. 1x. pp. 
333» 334 (1877). 
Talegallus pyrrhopygius, Schl. Notes Leyd. Mus. i. p. 159 
(1879). 
Talegallus (Aepypodius) pyrrhopygius, Oustalet, Ann. Sci. Nat. 
MI. pg, Hg. ae (is83a). 
Aepypodius arfakianus, Salvad. Ann. Mus. Civ. Genov. xviii. 
p. 8 (1882); Ogilvie-Grant, Cat. By Bot” Mius camp 
470 (1893). 
Adult—May be easily recognised by the following char- 
acters :—the back of the head and nape thickly covered with 
black feathers; the top of the head devoid of papilli; the 
lateral wattles, so conspicuous in 4. drwijnt, absent, and the 
chest brewnish-black, Total length, 17°5 inches; wing, 1o‘s ; 
tagl5 15 = tarsus, 250. 
Range.—South-east New Guinea to the West coast of Geel 
vink Bay. 
Habits.—Nothing has been recorded, but they probably re- 
semble the Brush-Turkeys (Za/egad/us) 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 this 
species, 
