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* Col. (Macropygia, Swain.) phasianalla. lad . Islands. 
Genus Tiirtur, Selby. 
Tur. risorius. Africa . 
* Tur. (CEna, Selby) Capensis. Africa. 
Tur. (Chaemepelia, Swain.) cinnamominus. America. 
Tur. (Leptotila, Swain.) rufaxilla. West Indies. 
* Tur. (Peristera, Swain.) chalcoptera. Australia. 
Genus Geophilus, Selby. 
Geo. Nicobaricus. Indian Islands. 
Genus Ptilophyrus (1). 
* Pti. coronatus. Molucca Islands, Sfc. 
Genus Opisthocomus, Hoff. 
Opis. crista tus. South America . 
Genus Chionis, Forster. 
Chio. vaginalis (2). Australia. 
Fam. CRACIDiE. (Megapodinae, Swain. 
Genus Menura, Shaw, 
* Men. Paradisea. Australia . 
Men. (Megapodius, Gainard) Freycinetii. Ind. Islands 
and Pacific . 
Genus Alectura (3). 
Alect. Lathami. Australia. 
(1) Lopliyrus having been used to designate a genus of insects, Mr. 
Swainson has changed this title to Ptilophyrus. 
(2) Of the real affinities of this curious bird little seems to be 
known, and it is only to be considered as provisionally placed in its 
present situation. 
(3) That curious bird, the Alectura Lathami, first described by 
Latham as the New Holland Vulture, afterwards figured and described 
in the “ Illustrations of Ornithology,” under the title of Alectura 
Lathami, seems more nearly allied to some of this family than any 
other, and we cannot agree in placing it in the circle of the Vulturidae 
as Mr. Swainson has done, its form and characters being more deci- 
dedly Rasorial than Vulturine. It is therefore placed near to Menu- 
ra and Megapodius. 
