-159- 17. New Hebrides. Birds. Phasianidae. Gallus gallus, subspecies. Megapodidae. Megapodius layardi Tristram. (Type locality,Faté) Ambrym: Layard. Api: Layard. Espiritu Santo: Layard. Faté: Bennett; Brenchley (eggs); Layard. Tanna: Bennett; Brenchley (eggs). Layard (Jr.?) says he found an egg on Faté (on side of id. opposite Havannah Harbor), but did not get the bird (at least on that trip). Layard (Ibis, 1878,276) says the species is "getting very scarce in consequence of the rapid increase of pigs and tame cats that have taken to the bush." Treronidae. Treron curvirostra (Gmelin). (T.l.,"Tanna.") Tanna: "Latham" Forster? Type of the genus Treron, and supposed to be same species as the bird called T. nipalensis; if so, locality must be wrong. Apparently not otherwise recorded from the group. Speiser (1913) says of Santo Peak, on Espiritu Santo, "the natives pretend that a peculiar species of pigeon lives here." The natives were probably better naturalists than he, but it is uncertain what the species is, and whether it belongs in this family or the next.