1. MEGAPODIITS. 449 



a. S ad. sk. 



Lootoor, N. of Yanidena, Tweeddale Coll."^ 



Tfi limber (J roup, Sept. | (Types of 



(7/. O. Forbes). }. \he 



b. cJ ad. sk. Firiium I., Teuiiiiber Group, II. 0. Forbes, | species.) 



Sept. Esq. [C.]. J 



3. Megapodius cumingi. 



Mcgapodius rubri])es, Waglcr, !■■<!■<, 1820, p. 737 [part. Celebes]. 



]Mejj:a])odius vutipus (sic), Grai/ {nee WaijL), List of B. pt. iii. Gall. 

 p.L'l (1844) [Luzon]. 



Meira])odius c-iuiiingii,i>///«v/n, P. Z. S. 1851, p. 118, pi. 39 FLabuan] ; 

 J/ot/e,/ ^S- miha/ii, Contr. iV. //. Labuan, p. 32, pi. 7 (185.5) ; Gray, 

 P. Z. \S. 1801, 'p. 290 [Luzon, Labuan], 18G1, p. 43 ; v. Mnrtois, 

 J. f. O. 18GU, ]i. 26 [Mindanao, JMindoro] ; Schl. Ned. Tijdschr. 

 Bierk. iii. p. 263 (1866); Gray, List Gallime Bri^. Mus. p. 21 

 (1867) ; id. I£and-l. B. ii. p. 255 (1870) ; Waldcn, Trans. Zool. 

 8oc. viii. p. 29 (1872) ; Saload. Ucc. Borneo, p. 302 (1874) ; Wal- 

 den, IVans. Zool. Soc. is. pp. 225, 251 (1875) ; Tweedd. P. Z. S. 

 1878, p. 624 [Pala-svan] ; Sharpe, Ibis, 1879, p. 267 [Brunei] ; id. 

 1\ Z. 6". 1879, p. 349 [Labuan, Kuraman, Daat], 1881, p. 800 

 [Saudakan] ; id. Ibis, 1884, p. 'i-2'2 [8. Palawan] ; Oustal. Ann. 

 iSci. Nat. xi. p. 1 11 (1881); Whitehead, Ibi.% 1888, p. 411 ; Sharpe, 

 Ibis, 1888, p. 203; Blasius, Ornis, 1883, p. 317 [Palawaul; Everett, 

 r. Z. S. 1889, p. 225: id. J. As. Soc. Str.'Br. p. 197 (1889) 

 [Ijalabac, .Marasi Bay, Taguso] ; Sharpe, Ibis, 1890, p. 141 [Pulo 

 Tega, N. Borneo]. 



Megapodius gilbertii, Gray, P. Z. S. 1801, p. 289 [Celebes], 1864, 

 p. 43; /(/. Iland-l. B. ii. ]). 255 (1870) ; Walden, Trans. Zool. Soc. 

 viii. p. 87 (1872) ; Meyer, Ibis, 1879, p. 138 [X. Ctdebes] ; Oustal. 

 Ann. Sci. Nut. xi. p. 107 (1881) ; Guillcni. P. Z. S. 1885, p. 559 

 [N. Celebes]. 



Megapodius lowi, Sharpe, P. Z. S. 1875, p. Ill [Labuan]. 



^Megapodius pusillus, Tweedd. P. Z. S. 1877, p. 765, pi. Ixxviii. [Zebu] 

 (Juv.). 



Megapodius dillwvni, Tweedd. P. Z. S. 1877, p. 766 [Philippine Is.], 

 1878. p. 95."5 [Zaiul)oanga], 1879, p. 73 [Basilan] ; Oustal. Ann. 

 Sci. Nat. xi. p. 118 (1881). 



Megapodius dilhvini, Steere, List Birds S^- Mamm. Philippines, p. 25 

 (1890) [Mindanao, Basilan, Masbate, Mariiiduque]. 



Adult male and female. Differ chiefly from 21. nicobariensis in 

 liaving the whole of tho jiluraago darker, esjiccially the grey sur- 

 rounding the crown and of the underparts. Specimens differ con- 

 siderably intir .St' in the colour of the upper parts, even in those from 

 the same locality — some being olive-brown, otliers rufesccut olive- 

 l)rown. Hill horn-yellow ; skin of the orbital, loral, and auricular 

 regions wasliod with red ; iris warm brown ; legs (in the male) 

 reddish, brighter than in the female ; the tarsal scutclla and feet 

 dark olivaceous brown. Total length 15 inches, wing 9, tail 3, 

 tarsus 2'~. 



llah. Philippine Islands, ranging south to Palawan and the small 

 islands of the north coast of iJornco, also to the Sulu Islands, Celebes, 

 and Tojian I. 



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