IN TIMOR-LAUT. 367 



59. Spilopelia tigrina, T. fide Meyer, op. sup. cit. 



60. Geopelia maugei, Temm. 



61. Chalcophaps chktsochloha, Wagl. 



VI. Gallin^s. 



62. MEGAroDius teniMbeeknsis, Sclater. 



Supra hrunnescenti-olivaceus, in cervice magis cinereus, in dorso postico 

 magis brunnescens ; piho subcristato interscapuUo concolore ; subtus 

 cineraceus olivaceo tinctus ; capitis literalis et gulce pelle rubra plumis 

 paucis obsita ; subalaribus ventre concoloribwt ; roatro ftavo ; tarsis antice 

 nigris postice rubris, digitis nigris ; long, tota H'5 alx 9'6, caudce 3'5, 

 tarsi 2'8. 

 Sfab. Firinun et Lutur, ins. Tenimberensetn. 



Obs. Species pedum colore ad 31. geelvinkianum corporis pictura magis 

 ad M. tumuhtm appropinquans. 



There are two specimens of this apparently new Megapode in the collec- 

 tion. One from Lutur, Timor-laut, obtained September 22ad, is marked 

 " Irides dark brown ; bill pale yellow ; legs in front black, but front of 

 knees red, back of legs red; feet black." The other, from Kirimun, is 

 labelled " Iris brown ; bill pale yellow ; legs and feet red." But the 

 colours of these last-named parts, so far as can be told from the dry skins, 

 do not materially diflfer from those of the first specimen ; and the two 

 birds agree in plumage, except that the specimen from the islet of Kirimun 

 is rather more reddish on the face. 



VII. Grallatokes. 



C3. OHTHORHAMPHrS MAGNinOSTRIS, Gcoff. 



64. Oedicnemds geallauius. Lath. 



65. Charadrius rui.vus, Gm. 



66. .SkSIAHTIS GEOFFROVI, Wagl. 



67. LOBIVANELLUS MILES, Bodd. 



68. TOTANDS INCANOS, Gm. 



69. NUMENIUS VARIEGAT0S, SCOp. 



70. Ardea 8UMATRANA, Eafiles. 



71. A. NOVai-HOLLANDIiE, Lotll. 



72. Herodias alba, L. 



73. Demigretta sacra, Gm. 



74. Nycticorax caledonious, Gm. 



75. PoBPHTUio MELANOPTERCS, Temm. 



VIII. Natatores. 



76. Nettapus pulchellus, GouW. 



77. Dendrocygna guttata, Miill. 



78. Tadorna radjah, Garn. 



79. Sterna melanauchen, T. 



80. Onychoprion an^sthetus. Scop. 



Dr. Sclater concludes his paper with the following remarks, which I 

 reproduce, as the recent discoveries of Mr. Eiedel's collectors have not 

 materially modified the conclusions arrived at by the writer in 1884 : 

 " I will say a few words concerning the general character of the avifauna 

 of the Tenimber Islands so far as it is indicated by this collection. It 

 is quite evident that the prevailing facies of this ornis is, as might have 

 been expected, predominantly Papuan. Of the species included in the 

 above-given list, 81 are mentioned in Salvadori's work. Of the 24 new 



