288 MR. G. R. GRAY ON THE MEGAPODES. [JuDC 25, 



35. Cercolabes ■NOVJE-nrspx'siM, Briss., sp. 

 Hystrix novce-hispanice, Briss. Reg. An. p. 127} 1/56. 



36. C(elogenys paca, Linn. sp. 



Var. C.fulvus of F. Cuv. An. du Mas. x. p. 207. 



7. List of Species composing the Family Megapodiid.^, 

 WITH Descriptions of New Species, and some Account 

 OF THE Habits of the Species. By George Robert 

 Gray, F.L.S., etc. 



(Plates XXXII-XXXIV.) 



1. Talegallus cuvieri. Less. Voy. Coq. i. p. 716. 



Talegalla cuvieri, Pr. B. Compt. Rend. 1856, t. 38. p. 876. 

 New Guinea (Havre Dorey) ; Aru Islands. 



2. TaLEGALLTJS LATHAM I. 



New Holland Vulture, Lath. Hist, of B. i. p. 32. 



Alectura , Lath. Hist, of B. x. p. 455. 



Alectura lathami, Gray, Zool. Misc. i. p. 3. 

 Meleaffris lindsayi, James, Mem. Wern. Soc. vii. p. A7^. 

 Cathefurus australis. Swains. Classif. of B. ii. p. 206. 

 Catheturus cuvieri (Less.), BI. 

 Talegalla lathami, Gould, B. of Austr. v. pi. 77. 

 Catheturus novce hollandice (Lath.), Pr. B. Compt. Rend. 1856, 

 p. 376. 



Brush Turkey. 



• Wee-lah ' of the natives. 



Australia. 



3. Megacephalon rubripes, G. R. Gray & Mitch. Gen. of B. 

 iii. pi. 123 (adult). 



Megacephalon malao, Temm. ; "Wallace, Ibis, 1860, p. 142. 

 Megapodiiis rubripes, Quoy & Gaim. Voy. Astrol. t. 25 (young). 

 Celebes (Menado). 



4. Leipoa ocellata, Gould, Proc. Z. S. 1840, p. 126; B. of 

 Austr. V. pi. 78. 



•Marrakko,' 'Marra-ko,' of the natives of S. Australia. 

 ' Ngow-o,' ' Ngow,' of the natives of W. Australia. 



5. Megapodius freycineti, Quoy & Gaim. Voy. Uranie, t, 32. 



Juv. Alecthelia urvilii. Less. Voy. Coq. i. p. 703, t. 37 ; Pr. B. 

 Compt. Rend. 1856, p. 876. 



Island of Waigiou ; Guebe', Boui ; Batchian ? and Kaisa Islands ? 



