Genus— MEGALOPREPIA. 
Megaloprepia Reichenbach, Av. Syst. Nat., p. xxvi (1852) . . M. magnifica. 
Dipeers from the genus Ptilinopus by the shape of the first primary, which 
is not abruptly attenuated at the apical portion. The tail is rather elongated 
and more rounded, and the metatarsus, which is partly feathered, is bare on 
the lower half. 
Some of the species are smaller, but M. magnifica is as large as even the 
larger members of the genera Myristicivora and Carpophaga. 
Distribution. North and East Australia, the Papuan Islands and the 
Northern Moluccas. 
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