54 U.S. NATIONAL MUSEUM BULLETIN 221 



To settle the matter once and for all, and to make unquestionable the ap- 

 plication of eidos, I now designate as the type No. 50942, with data as listed 

 above. 



Order GALLIFORMES: Megapodes, Curassows, 

 Pheasants, Hoatzins 



Family MEGAPODIIDAE: Megapodes 



Genus MEGAPODIUS Gaimard 



Megapodius nicobariensis abbotti Oberholser 

 Proc. U.S. Nat. Mas. 55: 401, May 7, 1919. 



=Megapodius jreycinet abbotti Oberholser. See Peters, Checklist of birds 

 of the world 2: 3, 1934; Mayr, Amer. Mus. Nov. 1006: 5, 1938. 



178343. Adult male. Little Nicobar Island, Nicobar Islands, Bay of 

 Bengal northwest of Sumatra. February 28, 1901. Collected by Wil- 

 liam L. Abbott. 

 Megapodius forsteni balukensis Oberholser 



Joum. Washington Acad. Sci. 14: 294, July 19, 1924. 



=Megapodius freycinet balukensis Oberholser? See Peters, Checklist of 

 birds of the world 2: 4, 1934; Mayr, Amer. Mus. Nov. 1006: 5, 1938. 



200692. Adult female. Balukbaluk Island (lat. 6°40' N., long. 121°42' 

 E.), Philippine Islands. January 10, 1906. Collected by Gordon John- 

 ston, for Edgar A. Mearns. Original number 13883. 



Family CRACIDAE: Curassows, Guans, Chachalacas 



Genus PAUXI Temminck 



Pauxi pauxi gilliardi Wetmore and Phelps 



Journ. Washington Acad. Sci. 33: 144, May 17, 1943. 

 368540. Adult male. Near Tierra Nueva (elev. 1,200-1,500 feet, at the 

 northern end of the Serrania de Valledupar, or Sierra Negra, slightly 

 south of east of Fonseca), Department of Magdalena, Colombia. July 

 21, 1941. Collected by Melbourne A. Carriker, Jr. Original number 

 1678. 



Genus CRAX Linnaeus 



Crax chapmani Nelson 



Proc. Biol. Soc. Washington 14 : 170, September 25, 1901. 

 =Crax rubra rubra Linnaeus. See Friedmann, Birds of North and Mid- 

 dle America 10: 14 (footnote 13), 1946. 

 167370. Adult female. Puerto Morelos, on the eastern coast of the State 

 of Yucatan, Mexico. March 28, 1901. Collected by Edward W. Nelson 

 and Edward A. Goldman. Original number 7940. Received from the 

 U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. 



