1. MEGAPODIUS. 451 



tho lower breast, belly, and flanks : bill horn-colour, legs reddish. 

 Total length 12 inches, Aving 7'5, tail 2-o, tarsus 2-5. 

 Ilah. Sula Is. 



a. Ad. sk. Sula Islands. Purchased. 



6. Megapodius forsteni. 



Merrapodius forstenii, Toum., Gray, (icn. B. iii. p. 491, pi. 124 (1847); 



Grat/, P. Z. S. 1860, p. 302 [Amboina], l6(}], p. 289 [(Jerain, 



Banda?]; Reicltenb. Tauben, pp. 4, 190, pi. 271. fi^r. 2496 (1862); 



Wallace, P. Z. S. 186.3, p. 34 ; Gray, P. Z. S. 1804, p. 43 [Boeroe] ; 



J'Ynsc/i, Neu-Giii7i. p. 180 (I86.j) [Celebes!]; Schl. Ned. Tijdschr. 



Uierk. iii. p. 20.'> (J 806) [Harouko or Ema] ; Gray, List Gidlitue 



Jlrit. Mies. p. 19 (1807) ; id. Hand-l. B. ii. p. 25") (1870) ; Salcad. 



Ann. Miis. Cii: Genoo. viii. p. 383 (1870) ; Cab. ^- Beicftenow, 



J. f. O. 1876, p. 320; Bosenb. Malay. Arckij). p. 373(1878-79) 



[Goram] ; Sch. 3Ius. Pai/s-Bas, viii. p. 70 (1880) ; Onstal. Ann. 



Set. Nat. xi. p. 99 (1881) ; Salvad. Ann. Mus. Civ. Geww. xviii. 



p. 7 (1882); id. Oni. Pup. iii. p. 23.5 (1882); Blasius, P. Z. S. 



1882, p. 710 [Ceram] ; Bias. S)- Nehrk. Ver/i. Ges. Wien, x.vxii. 



p. 430 (1882) [Amboina; egg]; Salcad. Affyiunte Orn. Pap. pt. iii. 



p. 194 (1891). 

 Me^rapodius sp., Bose7ib. Bcis naar Zuidoostereil, p. 100 (1807) 



[(Torani]. 

 Mei^apodius wallacei, Gray, List Gallincs Brit. Mus. p. 21 (1867) 



[part. juv. froiu Boeroe]. 

 Mefrapodius alHuis, Meyer, SB. Ak. Wien. Ixix. p. 215 (1874) [Rubi, 



New Guinea]; Salvad. Ann. Mus. Civ. Genov. viii. p. 400 (1870) 



[.Jobi], X. p. 163 (1877) [Sorong] ; id. Atti Ac. Tor. xiii. p. 312 



(1877); D'Alb. Nuova Guin. p. 582 (1880); Oiestal. A7in. Sci. 



Aiit. xi. p. 95 (1881) ; Salvad. Ann. Mus. Civ. Genov. xviii. p. 7 



(1882) ; id. Orn. Pap. iii. p. 237 (1882). 

 Megapodius decollatus, Oustal. Bull. Assoc. Sci. Fr. xxi. p. 248 (1878) 



[d'Urville I.]. 

 Megapodius duperrej-i, Schl. Mus. Pays-Bas, viii. p. Q2 (1880) [part. 



Jobi I.]. 

 Megapodius aflinis, var. jobiensis, Scld. Mus. Ltiyd. (Jide Oustal. 



Ann. Sci. Ant. xi. p. 95 (1881)). 



Adult. Very similar to ^F. eremita, but is easily distinguished by 

 the feathering on the forebcad being continued to the base of the 

 culmen, the feathers of the occiput more elongate and forming a 

 short but di.stinct crest, -while the olive-brown of the upper parts is 

 somcwbat lighter. " ]5ill yellowish, above nostrils black : feet 

 dusky yellowish olive, tibia beneath dull yellow, claws black; iris 

 rcddi.sh brown, skin of face and throat red" (Wallace). Total 

 length 14-5 incbcs, wing S-2 to 8-9, tail 2-0 to 3, tarsus 2-6 to 2*8. 



Hub. Booroe, xVmboina, Ceram, and Goram, ranging north to 

 Western New Guinea, Jobi I., and d'Urville I., off the north coast 

 of New Guinea. 



a-c. Ad. et juv. sk. Boeroe. A. It. Wallace, Esq. [CT 



d. Ad. sk. Amboina. A. 11. Wallace, Esq, ~ 



e,/. Ad. sk. Ceram. A. B. NNallace, Esq 



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