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MEGAPODIID^. 



sides of the head behind the ears pale French grey ; rest of the 

 upper parts doll olive-brown, brighter on the wing-coverts and 

 outer webs of the quills ; chest grey washed with brown, shading 

 into pure grey on the breast and belly. Bill light greenish or 

 yellowish, yellower along the edge of the mandibles ; naked skin on 

 the hep.d and neck varying from dull cherry-red to bright brick- 

 red ; iris brown ; front of tarsus dark or sometimes greenish-horn 

 colour ; toes darker ; soles pale flesh or pale yellow ; tibio-tarsal 

 joint and back and sides of tarsus dull red. Total length 14'5 

 inches, wing 9-2, tail 2-9, tarsus 2-7. 



In less mature examples the chin and throat are partially covered 

 with small whitish-grey feathers, and the neck is entirely covered 

 with Taathers ; the whole of the rest of the underparts are brown or 

 rufous brown. 



Hah. Nicobar Islands. 



a. Imm. sk. 

 h-g. S 2 ad., imm., 

 et pull. sk. 



h. Imm. sk. 



i, k. (S vix ad. sk. 



l-t. tS 2 ad., imm., 



et pull. sk. 

 u, V. 2 ad. et S imm. 



sk. 

 w-d'. (S 2 ad. et 



imm. sk. 

 e'. Imm. sk, 



/'-/.-,'. S 2 ad. et 



imm. sk. 

 I'-q'. cJ 2 ad. et 



imm. sk. 

 »•', s'. c? vix ad. et 



2 imm. sk. 



[Port Blair, S. Andaman.] 

 N'cobar Is., April & August 



(iE. J. Wimberley and F. 



A. de Hoepstorff'). 

 TillangchongjNicobars, Mar. 



(V.Ball). 

 Bompoka L, Jan. ( W. Da- 

 vison). 

 Oamorta I., Jan.-March 



{E. J. W.^ W.D.) 

 Camorta I., Jan., Dec. {R. 



J. W.). 

 Trinkut I., Jan.-March {R. 



J.W.,W.D.,^F.A.deR.). 

 Trinkut I. 



(Type of M. 

 Katschal I., Feb. {R. J. W., 



W. D., SfF. A. de R.). 

 Nangcowi-y I., Jan., Feb., 



May {R. J. W.). 

 Treis I., March {W. D.). 



Hume CoU. 

 Hume & Tweeddale 

 Colls. 



Hume Coll. 



Hume Coll. 



Hume & Tweeddale 



Colls. 

 Dr. Bowdler Sharpe 



[P.]. 

 Hume & Tweeddale 



Colls. 

 Dr. Shai-pey [P.]. 

 tfinkutensis, Shai-pe.) 

 Hume & Tweeddale 



CoUs. 

 Hume & Tweeddale 



Colls. 

 Ilimie Coll, 



2, Megapodius tenimberensis, 



Megapodius tenimberensis, Sclat. P. Z. S. 1883, p. 57 (Loetoer, N. 

 of Yamdena and Firinun I., Tenimber Group] ; Salvad. Aggiunte 

 Orn. Pap. pt, iii. p. 194 (1891). 



Adult male. Most nearly resembles M. nicobariensis, but the 

 upper part of the mantle is slightly washed with grey, in this 

 respect showing an approach to M. cluperreyi, and the sides of the 

 head, chin, and throat are also more thickly covered with small 

 feathers. Bill pale yellow ; iris dark brown ; legs in front black, 

 but the tibio-tarsal joint and back of the legs are red ; feet black. 

 (In the second specimen both the legs and feet are said to be red.) 

 Total length 14 inches, wing 9'6, tail 3-5, tarsus 2-9. 



llab. Tenimber Group, 



