Genus— M EGAPODARGUS. 
Megapodargus Mathews, Austral Avian Record, Vol. II., 
p. 62, 1913 Type M. papuensis. 
Also spelt 
Megapodiua Mathews, List Birds Austr., p. 143, 1913. 
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Cyphorhina Lesson, Echo du Monde Savant, 10th year. 
No. 1., col. 1068, June 15th, 1843 Type M. papuensis. 
. Not 
Cyphirhinua Schoenherr, Chirc. disp. mSth., p. 276, 1826. 
Largest Podargine birds, with strong bills, and comparatively longer tails 
than in Podargus. 
The bill in the male is much wider, but more depressed, than that of 
Podargus, while that of the female is a little less. 
The frontal tuft seems missing or obsolete. 
The wing has the fifth primary generally longest. 
It may be noted that aU the Podargine birds have the outer web of the 
first primary “ serrated ” as in the Owls. 
The tail is long, about as long as the wing, and though the two middle 
tail-feathers are pointed and longer than the rest, the tips are not attenuated. 
The rest are not pointed, but cannot be considered rounded. 
The feet are short and stout, even more so than in Podargus. 
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