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iEpypodius bruijnii (Oust.). (22-470.) 
Talegallus bruijnii Oustalet, Comp, liend. Acad. Sc. Paris, vol. xc. 
]). 90(5, 1880: Waigou Island. (Pig. Bibl. des H. Etudes Sc. 
Nat. vol. xxii. pis. 5 & 0, 1881.) 
Didr. —Waigou Island. 
iEpypodius arfakianus (Salvad.). (22-470.) 
Talegallus arfakianus Salvadori, Ann. Mus. Civ. Gen. vol. ix. pp. 338, 
334*, 1877 : Arfak Mts. (Pig. Bibl. des H. Etud. vol. xxii. pi. G. 
fig. 35.) 
Talegailns pyrrh&pygius Schlegel, Notes Leyden Mus. vol. i. p. 159, 1879 : 
Geelvink Bay, New Guinea. 
Distr . —New Guinea (North-West and Astrolabe Mts.). 
Genus MEGACEPHALON Gray. 
Megacephalon Gray, Gen. Birds, vol. iii. p. 489, 184G. Type (by 
monoty.py) : Megacephalon maleo Gray. 
Megacephalon maleo Gray. (22-472.) 
Megacephalon maleo Gray, ib. (pi. 123) ; new name for Megapodius 
rubiceps Q. et G., not Teinminck: Celebes. (Pig. Voy. Astrol. 
pi. 25, Young.) j 
Distr . Celebes and Sangi Islands. 
Genus ALECTURA Latham. 
Alectura Latham, Gen. Hist. Birds, vol. x. p. 455, 1824. Type (by 
monotypy) : New Holland Vulture = Alectura lathami Gray. 
Alectura lathami Gray. 
Distr. —Queensland, New South Wales. 
Alectura lathami lathami Gray. (22 468.). 
Alectura lathami Gray, Zool. Miscell. pt. i. p. 4, 1831 : near Sydney, 
New South Wales. (Pig. Gould, v. pi. 77 ; Math. pi. 8.) 
Catheturus australis Swain sou, Class. Birds, vol. ii. p. 206, 1837 ; now name for 
* lathami Gray. 
Catheturus novoehollandise Bonaparte, Compt. Rend. vol. xlii. p. 876,1856 ; new 
name for lathami Gray. 
Meliagris liudesuyii Grant, Cat. Birds, vol. xxii. p. 458, 1893 ; as synonym of 
lathami (ex Jameson, 1835). 
Alectura lathami robinsoni Matliews, Nov. Zool. vol. xviii. p. 177,1912 : Cairns, 
North Queensland. 
D-istr. — Queensland and New South Wales. 
Alectura lathami purpureicollis Le Souef. 
Talegallus purpureicollis Le Souef, Ibis, 1898, p. 51: Cape York, 
Queensland. 
Distr. —Cape York District, North Queensland. 
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