GALLIFORMES- 
Aves 35 
Order GALLIFORMES. 
Suborder MEGAPODII. 
Megapodius brunneiventris , n. sp., Eastern New Guinea, A. B. Meyer, 
Abh. zool. Mus. Dresden, 1891, No. 4, p. 15. M. duperreyi in the Kan- 
gean Archipelago ; A. G. Yorderman, Nat. Tijdschr. Nederl. Ind. xlix, 
pp. 71-73 ; 1, pp. 520-524. 
Tallegallus longicaudus, n. sp., Eastern New Guinea ; A. B. Meyer, 
Abh. zool. Mus. Dresden, 1891, No. 4, p. 15. 
Suborder PHASIANI. 
Altum, E. Jugendkleider einiger Huhnerarten. J. f. O. 1891, pp. 
92-104. 
Family Phasianid^e. 
Phasianus colchicus , its moults and changes of plumage ; E. Altum, 
J. f. 0. 1891, pp. 130-139. 
Polyplsclron nehrJcorncc , n. sp., Pal&wan ; W. Blasius, MT. orn. Yer. 
Wien, 1891, pp. 1-2 ; id. J. f. O. 1891, p. 10. 
Phasianus humice , from Upper Burma ; W. L. Sclater, Ibis, 
1891, p. 152. 
Family Tetraonidj:. 
Tetrao tetrix : notes on hybrids ; T. Lorenz, J. f. O. 1891, pp. 405-412. 
T. tetrix, n. subsp. viridanus , W. Siberia ; id. t. c. pp. 366-368. T. medius : 
young described ; A. B. Meyer, t. c. p. 313. T. bonasio tetrix, hybrid, 
K. G. Koltiioff, GGfv. Ak. Fohr. 1891, p. 196. 
Lagopus scoticus , figured; Lord Lilford, Col. Fig. Br. Birds, 
part xviii. 
Pedioccetes lucasi and P. nanus , n. spp. (fossil), R. W. Shufeldt, 
Auk, viii, p. 367. 
J Palceotetrix, n. g. (fossil). Type, P. gilli, n. sp., id. t. c. p. 367. 
Family PERDiciDiE. 
Schaeck, F. de. Monographic des Francolins. Mdm. Soc. Zool. iv, pp. 
272-392. 
Tetraogallus himalayanus , figured ; R. B. Sharpe, Sci. Results Yark. 
Miss., Aves , pi. xv. 
Palceortyx cayluxensis,n. sp. (fossil), France; R. Lydekker, Cat. Fossil 
B. Brit. Mus. p. 138. 
Perdix cinerea : curious variety; A. B. Meyer, J. f. O. 1891, 
pp. 271-275. 
Pternistes humboldti, notes on; W. R. Ogilvie-Grant, Ann. N. H. (6) 
vii, pp. 144-147. 
Francolinus hildebrandti , note on ; id. t. c. pp. 144-147. F. jaclcsoni , 
n. sp., Kikuyu, E. Africa (pp. 123 & 124), F. gedgii , n. sp., Elgon Plains 
(pp. 124 & 125), F. elgonensis , n. sp., Mt. Elgon (p. 126), F. streptophorus , 
n. sp., Mt. Elgon (p. 127), id. Ibis, 1891. 
