18/2.] FROM THE PELEW AND MACKENZIE ISLANDS. 103 



black and rufous ; bill yellowish, darker round the base ; feet plum- 

 beous, with pale nails. 



A still younger bird (marked as female) is rather differently 

 coloured, the back being of a dark olivaceous green, with bronze 

 reflexions ; wing-coverts, tertiaries, and scapularies also more greenish, 

 with broad rufous margins ; no purplish shoulder-spot ; the whole 

 head light rufous ; breast and abdomen of an indistinct olivaceous- 

 rufescent hue ; under wiug-coverts rufous ; tail as in the elder 



rostr. tars. dig. med. 



7f 14'" 11'" (d) 



7 13| 11 (2) 



Mr. Kubary has sent only these two specimens, which unfortu- 

 nately represent two different stages of the imperfect bird. The one 

 marked as female shows some resemblance to the rare Pigeon from 

 the Mariannes named by Bonaparte Pumpusana rousseaui. Although 

 neither specimen is in full plumage, we do not hesitate to introduce 

 the species as new, as there are certain signs which lead us to ex- 

 pect that the old bird will prove its specific distinctness. 



" The ' Arolit,' as the species is called by natives, is the only Pigeon 

 inhabiting the island of Uap, and is of very rare occurrence there. 

 The Arolit lives in the interior of the wood, far from the settlements 

 of the natives" (Kubary). 



27. Megapodius senex, Hartl. P. Z. S. 1867, p. 830; H. & F. 

 ibid. 1868, p. 7. 



Two old specimens from Pelew (Capts. Peters and Heinsohn), and 

 the very young in the first plumage. This resembles very much 

 the " Alectlielia durvi/lei," Less. (Voy. Coq. pi. 37), which is the 

 young of M . freycineti ; but the head and upper parts are dark clive- 

 brown, the rump and caudal down red-brown ; chin and throat yel- 

 lowish ; feet dark reddish brown. 



The Megnpodius senex is an excellent species, distinguished at 

 once by the very small vivid -yellow bill, the brownish-grey crested 

 cap, the yellowish or brownish legs, and black toes. 



The collection contains also one egg of this species, which, in size, 

 form, and coloration, is almost nearly undistinguishable from that of 

 M. pritchardi, Gray. Length 2" 9'", breadth 1" 8'". 



28. Gallus bankiva, Temra. 



Capt. Peters has sent from the Pelews a single female specimen, 

 but unfortunately he does not state whether the Jungle-fowl lives in 

 a wild state on the islands, or as in Uap, as Mr. Kubary remarks (in 

 litt.), only in a half-wild state. 



The specimen agrees entirely with a hen from Sumatra ; only the 



