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Thèse two adult females agrée with an old female collected by VON ROSENBERG on 

 the Aru Islands and preserved in the collection of the Leyden Muséum. The principal diffé- 

 rences between this subspecies and the true B. reimvardtii (Millier & Schlegel) are the smaller 

 dimensions and the somewhat narrower bands across the breast. Wings 293 and 284 mm. 



Megapodiidae. 



Talegalhis cuvieri fuscircstris Salvadori. 



Talegallus fuscirostris Salvadori, Ann. Mus. Civ. Genova, IX, 1877, p. 332. — Id. Orn. Pap. III, 

 1SS2, p. 247. — Ogilvie-Grant, Cat. B. Br. M. XXII, 1893, p. 466. 



Coll. KOCH: 



Q, Merauke, 14 December 1904. Iris dark brown, bill horn-colour, feet yellow. 

 cf, Merauke, 18 December 1904. Iris black, bill greyish black, feet yellow. 



Native name: Kopa. 



Coll. LORENTZ: 



N°. 65, rf, Noord River, 17 May 1907. Iris brown, bill ash-coloured, feet yellow. 



N°. 98. (f, Noord River, 21 May 1907. Iris brown, bill black, feet yellow. 



N°. 226, çf, Van Weel's karap, 10 June 1907. Iris dark brown, bill ash-coloured, feet yellow-orange. 



N°- 394, Q, Alkmaar, 6 August 1907. Iris dark brown, upper mandible ash-coloured, lower one 



light grey, feet yellow. 

 X 3 . 527, juv., Noord River, 26 May 1907. Iris brown, bill black, feet yellow. 



The young bird has the same coloration as the adult ones, but the head is covered 

 and breast, back and wingcoverts are intermixed with the brownish down-feathers of the 

 first plumage. Wings of adults 270 mm. In ail the skins the bill is ash-coloured. 



Turnicidae. 



Turnix maculosus (Temminck). 



Hemïpodius maculosus Temminck, Pig. et Gall. III, 1815, p. 631. 



Turnix melanonota, Salvadori, Orn. Pap. III, 1882, p. 258. 



Turnix maculosa, Ogilvie-Grant, Cat. B. Br. M. XXII, 1893, p. 546. 



Coll. KOCH: 



Ç>, Merauke, 30 August 1904. Iris white. 

 Ç>, Merauke, 7 October 1904. Iris yellow. 



Rallidae. 



Hypotaenidia philippensis (L). 



Rallies philippensis Linnaeus, Syst. Nat. Ed. XII, I, 1766, p. 263. 



Hypotaenidia philippe?isis, Salvadori, Orn. Pap. III, 1882, p. 261. — Sharpe, Cat. B. Br. M. XXIII. 

 1894, P- 39- 

 Coll. KOCH: 



Ad., Merauke, 30 July 1904. Iris light red, bill light reddish brown, feet light greyish brown. 

 Ad., Merauke. 

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