450 JIEGAPOMIDJE. 



a. Pull. St. Philippine Is. Purchased of M. Ver- 



veaux. 

 6-fZ. Ad.st.et sk. Luzon, Philippine Is. Cuming Coll. 



. Ad. sk. Luzon (Maitland Heriof), Tweeddale Coll. 



/. c? inim. sk. Cebu, March {A. H. Eve- Tweeddale Coll. 



rett). (Type of 3/. pusUlus, Tweedd.) 



g- i. (S ad. et 5 Zaniboanga, Mindanao, Tweeddale Coll. 



imm. sk. March, May {A. H. K). 



k. 2 imm. sk. Basilan, June (A. If. E.). Tweeddale Coll. 



l-t. S 2 ad. sk. Palawan, Jan. (A. H. E.). Tweeddale Coll. 



K. Ad. sk. Palawan (Ze?npriere). Dr. R. B.:)-\9dler 



Sharpe [P.]. 

 V. Ad. sk. Banguey I-, N. Borneo. A. H. Everjtt, Esq. 



[C.]. 

 w. Imm. sk. Omadal I., April. Dr. M'Kinlay [C.]. 



X. Pull. sk. Balabac I. Br. R. Bowdler 



Sharpe [P.]. 

 y. Ad. sk. Labuan. Tweeddale Coll. 



z-c'. Ad. et pull. Labuan (J?, iojt'). Dr. R. Bnwdler 



sk. Sharpe [P.]. 



(Types of J/, loivti, Sharpe.) 

 d'. Ad. sk. Kuruman I. II. Veitch, Esq. [P.]. 



e'. PuU. sk. Tega I., April. A. H. Everett, Esq. 



[C.]. 

 /', f/'. 2 "* ix ad. Menado, X. Celebes. A. R. ^"^ allace, Esq. 



sk. [C.]. _ 



(Types of 31. qilhertii, Gray.) 

 /*'. Pull. sk. Celebes. " Tweeddale Coll. 



i'. 2 -vix ad. sk. Tojian I. {A.B. Meyer). Tweeddale CoU. 



4. Megapodius sanghirensis. 



Megapodius sanghirensis, Schl. Notes Leyd. Mus. ii. p. 91 (18S0) 

 [Siao and Sanghir Is.]; Ot(stal. Ann. iHci. Nat. xi. p. 110 (1881) ; 

 Blasius, Ornis, 1888, p. 626. 



Adidt. Most nearly allied to M. cnmingi, from which it differs in 

 having the upper parts dark chestnut-brown without any olive shade 

 and the underjiarts dark brown ; in this respect it approaches 

 M. bernsteini, and reminds one of immature specimens of J/, nico- 

 6amm?5, but the colour is much darker. {Mus.Lugd.) Total length 

 14 inches, wing 9, tail 3, tarsus 2 b. 



Bub. Sanghir Is. 



5. Megapodius bernsteini. 



Megapodius bernsteinii, <S'c7//. Ned. Tijd^rhr. Dierk. iii. p. 261 (1866) 

 [Sula] : Gmy, Hand-l. B. ii. p. 255 (1870) ; Oudal. Ann. Sci. Nat. 

 xi. p. 137 (1881). 



Adult. Upper parts very similar to those of M. euminr/i, but the 

 cheeks and neck are more thickly covered with small feathers, and 

 the outer webs of the primaries and secondaries are more strongly 

 washed with rufous, \Ahile the lower back, rump, and upper tail- 

 coverts are dark brownish chestnut, and the tail is brownish black ; 

 the chest is olive-brown, gradually shading into rufescent brown on 



