452 MEGAPODIID^. 



7. Megapodius brunneiventris. 



Megapodius brunneiventris, Meyer, Ahh. Zooh Mm. Dread. 1800-91, 

 no. 4, p. 15 (1892) [Astrolabe Bay, E. New Guinea]. 



Adnlt. Said to resemble M.forsteni, but tbe belly is brown and 

 the top of the head covered with a well-developed olive-brown crest, 

 the greater wing-coverts being of the same colour. 



I consider this species to be very doubtfully distinct from M. for- 

 steni ; it is probably founded on an immature specimen. 



Hah. Astrolabe Bay, New Guinea, 



8. Megapodius eremita. 



Megapodius eremita, Hartl. P. Z. .S'. 18G7, p. S30 [Bougainville I.] ; 

 *SW«^. P. Z. S. 1878, pp. 289, 290, 671, 673 [New Ireland] ; Finsck, 

 P. Z. S. 1879, p. 14 [Duke of York I.] ; Sc/il. Mus. Pays-Bas, vii'. 

 p. 6.5 (1880) ; adat. Voy. Challenyer, p. 32, pi. xi. (1880) [Pigeon 

 I., Admiralty Group] ; Lmjard, Ibis, 1880, pp. 303, 308 [Blanche 

 Bay, New Britain]; Finsch, Ibis, 1881, p. 5.39 [New Britain]; 

 Oustal. Ann. Sci. Xctt. xi. p. 103 (18S1) ; Salvad. Ann. Mus. 

 Civ. Genov. xviii. p. 7 (1882); id. Orn. Pap. iii. p. 238 (1882); 

 Finsch, Voy. d. Sildsee, p. 20 (1884) [New Britain] ; Studer, in 

 Fnrschunysreisp. S.M.S. ' Gazelle,' iii. p. 253, pi. sii. (1889) ; Meyer, 

 Ibis, 18U0, p. 423 [eggs]; Salvad. Aggiunte Orn. Pa2). pt. iii. 

 p. 194 (1891). 



Megapodius brenchleyi, Gray, Ann. Mag. N. H. (4) v. p. 328 (1870) 

 [Gulf I. and San Christoval, Solomon Group] ; id. Hand-l. B. ii. 

 p. 255 (1870) ; id. Cruise Cura^oa, p. 392, pi. 20(1873) ; Ita7may, 

 P. Linn. Sue. N.S. W. iv. p. 75 (1879) [Savo, Solomon Is.] ; Srhl. 

 Mus. Pays-Bas, \m. p. 65 (1880) ; Oustal. Ann. Sci. Nat.xi. p. 105 

 (1881) ; Brazier, P. Linn. Soc. N.S. W. vi. p. 150 (1881) ; Salvad. 

 Ann. Mus. Civ. Genov. xviii. p. 7 (1882) ; id. Orn. Pap. iii. pp. 240, 

 564 (1882) ; Tristram, Ibis, 1882, p. 144 ; Ramsay, P. Linn. Soc. 

 N.S. TV. vii. p. 39 (1882) [Solomon Is.] ; Kissack, P.P. Soc. Queensl. 

 i. p. 181 (1885) ; Sharpe in GoukVs B. New Guin. pt. xxii. pi. xi. 

 (1886); Grant,P.Z.S. 1887, p. 3-32 [Alu, Shortland I.], 1888, 

 pp. 187, 201 [Guadalcanar] ; Woodford, P. Z. ,S'. 1888, p. 249; id. 

 Nat. amour/ Heiid-htnters, p. 100 (1890) [Savo] ; Meyer, Ibis, 

 1890, p. 4l'3 ; Salvad. Ayyivnte Orn. Pap. pt. iii. p. 194 (1891). 



Megapodius sp., Brazier, P. Z. S. 1874, p. 006 [Savu, Treasury I., 

 New Britain]: Bamsay, P. Linn. Soc. N.S.TF. i. p. 375 (1870), ii. 

 p. 112 (1878) [Kera I., Solomon Group]. 



Megapodius hueskeri, Cab. ^- Beichenoiu, J.f. O. 1876, p. 326 [New 

 Hanover] ; Sdat. P. Z. S. 1877, p. 113 [Duke of York I.]. 



Megapodius rubrifrons, Sclat. P. Z. S. 1877, p. 556 [Pigeon I., Admi- 

 ralty Group]. 



Megapodius macgillivrayi ?, Bamsay {nee Gray), P. Lin?). Soc. 

 N.S. W. ii. p. 112 (1877) [egg from New Ireland] ; Oustal. Ann. 

 Sci. Nat. xi. p. 52 (1881) [eg^ from New Ireland]. 



Adult male and female. Mantle dark grey; top of the head and 

 rest of upper parts dark olive-brown ; lower back, rump, and upper 

 tail-coverts washed with dark chestnut; chest and rest of under- 

 parts dark grey, shading into brownish grey on the belly and thighs ; 



