GALLlNiE, GRALLJ5]. 
Aves 55 
PBRDICIDiE. 
Francolinus {Sceloptera) hildebrandti^ sp. n., J. Cabanis, J. f. O. 1878, 
pp. 206 & 243, figured, pi. iv. fig. 2, Taita, E. Africa. 
Odontophorus spodiostethus, sp. n., O. Salvin, Ibis, 1878, p. 447, Veragua. 
Perdix ? petrosa : remains found in Bone-caves of Liguria ; A. Issel, 
Atti Acc. Rom. 1878, p. 82. 
Tetraogallus caspius. Its nidification ; C. G. Danford, Ibis, 1878, p. 29. 
Tetraogallus caucasicus and T. caspius figured ; H. E. Dresser, B. Eur. 
pts. Ixv. & Ixvi. 
Megapodiid^. 
On the embryological covering in this family ; T. Studer, Kosmos, ii. 
pp. 180-183. 
Megacephalon maleo. On its anatomy, with cut of lower larynx ; A. 
H. Garrod, P. Z. S. 1878, p. 629. 
Megapodius decollatus, sp. n., E. Oustalet, Ass. Sc. Fr. Bull. No. 533, 
p. 248, D’Urville Island, New Guinea: = M. affiniSy Meyer; T. Salva- 
dori, Atti Ac. Tor. xiii. p. 312. 
GRALL.^®. 
Fossil remains (tarsi) belonging to this family, but of undeterminable 
species, found in the sub-Apennine neighbourhood of Rome ; G. Pouzi, 
Atti Acc. Rom. 1878, p. 731. 
RaLL1D2E. 
Aramides calopterus, sp. n., P. L. Sclater & O. Salvin, P. Z. S. 1878, 
p. 439, figured, pi. xxviii., Sarayacu, Ecuador. 
Crex pratensis figured; H. E. Dresser, B. Eur. pts. Ixvii. & Ixviii. 
Fulica galUnuloideSy King, = F. leucopteray Vieill. ; P. L. Sclater, 
P. Z. S. 1878, p. 291 ; also John Gibson, P.. Phys. Soc. Edinb. 1876-78, 
p. 184. 
Fulica novce-zealanddcSy Colenso (in Tasman. J. Sc. 1845), is supposed 
to be extinct ;• W. L. Buller, Tr. N. Z. Inst. x. p. 191. 
Ocydromus. A review of the species comprised in this genus ; id, 1. c. 
pp. 213-216. 
Porphyrio. On the genus and its species ; D. G. Elliot, Str. Feath. 
vii. pp. 6-25. 
Porphyrio edwardsiy sp. n., D. G. Elliot, Ann. N. H. (5) i. p. 98, 
Cochin China ; figured, id. Str. Feath. vii. p. 23, pi. ii. P. calvus : heads 
figured ; id. tom. cit. p. 19, pi. i. 
Porzana parva (pts. Ixv. & Ixvi.), P. bailloni (pts. Ixvii. & Ixviii.) 
figured ; H. E. Dresser, B. Eur. 
Rallina telmatophilay sp. n., A. O. Hume, Str. Feath. vii. p. 142, 
Malacca: probably = B.. super ciliariSy Eyton ; id. tom. cit. p. 451. 
Rallus "aquaticus figured ; H. E, Dresser, B. Eur. pts. Ixv. & Ixvi. 
