Aves. 54 
AYES. 
Meqapodiid^. 
Megapodiua rubrifrona, sp. n., P. L. Sclater, P. Z. S. 1877, p. 656, 
Admiralty Islands. M. puaillua, sp. ii., Lord Tweeddale, tom. cit. p. 765, 
and figured, pi. Ixxviii., Zebu, Philippine Islands. M. stairi, Gray, 
appears to be peculiar to the Island of Ninafou, and is not found in 
Samoa, where no Megapode exists ; O. Finsch, P. Z. S. 1877, p. 784. 
Tahgallua, remarks on the genus ; T. Salvadori, Ann. Mus. Genov, 
ix. p. 327. 
ORACIDiE. 
See Gadow, for anatomy, auprd, p. 9. 
Crax erythrognatha^ sp. u., P. L. Sclater & 0. Salvin, P. Z. S. 1877, 
p. 22, Colombia. 
Pauxis galeata, remarks on egg; G. D. Rowley, P. Z. S. 1877, p. 684. 
Penelope albipenniSy sp. n., L. Taczanowski, tom. cit. p. 746, North- 
western Peru. 
GRALLwiS). 
Rallidj:. 
Coturnieopa ayresi, sp. n., J. H. Gurney, in Note to T. Ayres on Ornith. 
of Transvaal, Ibis, 1877, p. 352, pi. vii. 
Fulica alba of Lord Howe’s Island represented in a volume of original 
drawings by G. Raper ; O. Salvin, P. Z. S. 1877, p. 95. 
Gallinula lepida^ sp. n., P. Briiggemann, Abh. Ver. Brem. v. p. 91, 
locality unknown (Rosenberg). G. sandvicenais, sp. n., T. H. Streets, 
Ibis, 1877, p. 25, Hawaiian group. 
Ocydromua earli : its alleged crossing with the domestic fowl ; W. L. 
Buller, Tr. N. Z. Inst. ix. p. 341. 
Porphyrio alleni obtained near Murcia, S.E. Spain, and P. variegatua^ 
Guirao, is identical with it; H. Saunders, Bull. Soc. Z. Fr. ii. p. 188. 
Porzana spiloptera, sp. n., H. Durnford, Ibis, 1877, pp. 194 & 195, 
pi. iii. Buenos Ayres. P. maruetta figured ; H. E. Dresser, B. Eur. pts. 
Ixiii. & Ixiv. 
Rallus cypereti (Stolzm. MS.), sp. n., L. Taczanowski, P. Z. S. 1877, 
p. 747, Santa Luzia, W. Peru. 
RalUna mandarina figured ; David & Oustalet, Ois. Chine, Atlas, 
pl. cxxiii. 
Schizoptila^ g. n., type Rallina rosenbergi, Schl. ; F. Briiggemann, Abh. 
Ver. Brem. v. p. 94 [c/. T. Salvadori, Ibis, 1876, p. 385]. 
Aramid^. 
Aramidea cayennenais in Wiltshire ; C. A. Smith, Zool. 1877, p. 18. 
