-121- 16. New Caledonia and islets. Birds. "Sparrows and "Merles des iles Philippines" have been introduced into New Caledonia, as well as "Pheasants" and other birds (Layard, Ibis, 1877, 359). Phasianidae. Gallus gallus, subspecies. Megapodidae. ?Megapodius? andersoni Gray. (Type locality, "New Caledonia.") Based on the manuscript of Dr. Anderson, who accompanied Cook on his 3rd voyage. Anderson's MS description is "fusca nigraque; pedibus nudis", and is noted under a name "Tetrao australis," which caused Gray to think it must refer to some form of megapode, though no member of this family has been recorded from New Caledonia. Turnicidae. Turnix novae caledoniae O.-Grant. (t.l., New Caledonia.) Verreaux; Layard; Sarasin. (Usually cited as T. varia, and said to have been introduced from Australia, but George Forster writes (Sept. 6, 1774)"we thought we observed quails among the tall dry grasses this day, but could not be certain," so it may be a native. Sarasin records it as Turnix varia novacaledoniae.) Treronidae. Forster (Sept.29, 1774) says he saw "several large beautiful pigeons, which we could not shoot"; this was on Botany Id. Ptilinopus greyi greyi Gray. (t.l., Isle of Pines and Loyalty Ids.) N. Cal.: Layard; Sarasin, etc. Isle of Pines: Macgillivray; Layard. P. porphyraceous clementinae recorded uncertainly from N. Cal.by Schalow, is suspected by Wiglesworth (p.50) to be the immature of greyi. Drepanoptila holosericea (Temminck). (t.l., N. Cal. or Isle of Pines. N. Cal.: Verreaux; Sarasin; Layard: etc. Isle of Pines: Magrillivray; Deplanche. Globicera pacifica sundevalli Bonaparte. (t.l., Tongatabu and Wallis Id.) N. Cal.: Jouan; Layard. Salvadori (B.M.Cat.) is not certain this is pacifica, and Brasil recognizes it as a subspecies sundevalli.