Kcj'^oii of a Mission to (iiiain. 39 



CxKxrs MEGAPODIUS Qi-ov ^\: (^aimard. 



38. Megapodius laperousi Ouoy ^: (raim. Megapode. 



Head French g'ra>", mantle and under parts grayish l)lack 

 shading into a dark olive brown on the wings, bill and legs yellow, 

 naked skin on head red. Length 9.5, wing 7, tail 2.3, tarsus 2. 

 Hub. Marianas and Pelew Islands. 



Order COLIMIIH-Piireons. 



a'. Tarsus feathered for more than half its length, general color 

 green, wings less than 5.19. F'amily Trcroiiidcc, Fruit Pigeons. 



b'. Forehead and a spot at the base of the lower mandible 

 purple-red. Genus Ptiliiiopiis. 



a-. Tarsus not feathered more than half its length, wing more 

 than 5.19, general color brown or gray. Family Pcristcrida\ 

 Ground Pigeons. 



C'. General color brown or olive bronze, length of tail 

 4 or less. Genus Phlogiviias. 



Or . General color gray, length of the tail more than 5. 



Genus Turtttr. 



Genus PTII^INOPUS Elliot. 



39. Ptilinopus roseicapillus (Less.). Totot. Rose- 

 crowned Fruit Pigeon. 



Coluiiibu I iiicicapilia. Less.. Tr. d'Orn., iS^i, p. 472. 



Colntiiba pnrpnratu Kittl. (nee. Gm.), Kiipfertaf, 1833, Haft. III., p. 25, t. XXXIII., f. 2. 



Ftiloftits losricapillns. Ost., Le Natural, iSSg, p. 261; Wiglesw., Ibis, 1SS9, p. 5S4 ; Id. Aves 



I'olvnes., 1891, p. 4S. 

 PfiliiKi'pKS rosricapilli'i. Hartert, Nov. Zool.. 1S98, V., p. 60; Salvadori, Cat. B. Urit. Mus., XII.. 



p. loSi. 



The Totot, as the natives call this beautifully colored fruit 

 pigeon, is common on the island, and its loud peculiar notes can 

 be heard at almost an}' time of day from the tall trees along the 

 roadside or in the forest, beginning in a low tone and slow, 

 gradually increasing in volume and rapidity-, and then dying away 

 again, like tot — tot—-tot--tot-tot-tot-tot-tot—tot—-tot — tot, and like 

 most of the birds probably gets its nati^'e name from the sound it 

 makes. In making this sound they bend the head down so that 

 the bill touches the lower breast, and the top of the neck has the 

 appearance of being puffed up. One kept in a cage .some time fre- 



