322 Mr. ^Y. R. Ogilvie-Grant on Birds 



found commonly from the coast iTp to the foot-hills, but was 

 more plentiful on the coast. It forms mounds of leaves etc., 

 generally selecting the foot of a tree as a base for its 

 operations. It is rather shy and an exceedingly active 

 runner. Its call is very similar to that of the Black Brush- 

 Turkey, but in a different key. 



" Chunggat, one of the Dyak collectors, obtained an egg 

 from the oviduct of one of the specimens. It was chalky in 

 appearance, of a cream- or stone-colour, and smaller than the 

 egg of the Black Brush-Turkey.'-'— C. H. B. G. This egg 

 appears to be missing. 



Talegallus cuvieri. 



lalegallus cuvieri Less. ; Ogilvie-Grant, Cat. xxii. p. 465 

 (1893)^; id. P. & P. p. 296 (1912) ; id. Ibis, 1913, p. 107; 

 Iloths.& Hartert, N. Z. xx. p. 476 (1913). 



a-c. S ■ Iwaka River, 30th Jan.-13th Feb. 1911. [Nos. 

 961, 1030, 1041, C.^. 5. G^.] 



^ . Iris pale yellow ; bare skin on the sides of the head 

 and neck medium olive-green ; bill pale dull tomato-colour ; 

 legs and toes rich orange, nails pinkish flesh-colour. Wing 

 283 mm. 



The fact that both this species of Brush-Turkey and the 

 allied T. fuscirostris were found in the same district is of 

 considerable interest. The common species of the country, 

 T. fuscirostris, has a very wide coastal range, being also 

 found in South-eastern New Guinea and extending along the 

 north coast to the middle of Geelvink Bay. T. cuvieri is of 

 western origin, being hitherto known from the Arfak 

 Peninsula and the islands of Salawatti, Misol, and Gilolo. 

 Its occurrence on the Iwaka River was quite unexpected, and 

 no doubt the ranges of the two species overlap in the neigh- 

 bourhood of the Mimika on the south and in the vicinity of 

 Rubi on Geelvink Bay on the north. In both the plumage 

 is black, but T. cuvieri is a larger bird than T. fuscirostris, 

 and may be easily recognized by having the tibia feathered 

 down to the tibio-tarsal joint_, and the bill orange-red instead 

 o£ sooty-brown. 



