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MEGAPODIID-E. 



8. Oamorta, Nicobars, 27tb Feb. 



4. Naneowry, Nicobars, 17th Feb. 



1. Naneowry, 4th March 



3. Naneowry, 9tb March. 



% Katchall,"^ Nicobars, 19tb Feb. 



25. Katchall, 8th March. 



3. Nicobars. 



0. Nicobars. 



Hume Coll. 

 Hume Coll. 

 Hume Coll. 

 Hume Coll. 

 Hume Coll. 

 Hume Coll. 

 Hume Coll. 

 E. H. Man, E«q. [P.]. 



Megapodius cumingi, Billw. 



Meg'apodius eumingi, i'iV/wy?;, P. Z. S. 18-j1, p. 118; U'/iitt/head, Ibis, 

 1888, p. 411 ; Grant, Cat. Birds B. M. xxii. p. 449 (1893) : Sharpe, 

 Hand-l. i. p. 12 (1899). 



Megapodius dillwini, Steere, List Birds S( Mamm. Philip, p. 2'> (1890). 



The eggs of Cuming's Megapode are of a ruddy pink or reddish- 

 brown colour, turning to pale brown with incubation ; two specimens 

 in the Collection, however, are dull white. They measure from '2-9 

 to 3-3 in length, and from 1-8 to 2 in breadth. 



2. Philippine Islands. 



2. Philippine Islands. 



2. Mindanao, Philippines. 



1. [Manila.] 



1. Pulo Pa pan, N.W. Borneo, 



13th Oct. 



1. Labuan. 



1. Of uncertain origin (H. Cuming'). 



H. Cuming, Esq. [P.]. 

 H. Cuming, Esq. 

 Steere Exped. 

 Gould Coll. 

 Charles Hose, Esq. [P.]. 



Gould Coll. 

 Salvin-Godman Coll. 



Megapodius eremita, Hartl. 



Megapodius, sp., Brazier, P. Z. S. 1874, p. 606. 

 Megapodius brenchleyi, Meyer, Ibis, 1890, p. 423. 



Megapodius eremita," Meyer, Ibis, 1890, p. 423 ; Grant, Cat. Birds 

 B. M. xxii. p. 452 (1893) ; Sharpe, Hand-l. i. p. 13 (.1899). 



The eggs of Brenchley's Megapode vary from pink and rufous- 

 brown to dull stone-colour or brownish cream-colour. They 

 measure from 2"8 to 3"05 in length, and from 1-75 to ]'9 in 

 breadth. 



J. Brazier, Esq. [P.]. 

 J. Brazier, Esq. [P.]. 



J. Brazier, Esq. [P.]. 



Gould Coll. 



9. New Britain, 17th July. 

 14. Savu or Galera, Solomon 

 Group, 9tli Aug. 

 1. Treasury Island, Solomon 



Group, 25th Aug. 

 3. Solomon Islands, Dec. 

 {J. MacgiUivray). 



Megapodius duperreyi. Less. ^ Gam. 



Megapodius tumulus, MacgiUivray, T'oy. ' Rattlesnake,'' ii. p. 358 (1852) ; 



Gould, Handh. Birds Atatr. ii. p. 167 (1865) ; Campbell, N. ^ E. 



Austr. Birds, p. 50 (1883): North, N. ^- E. Austr. Birds, p. 282 



(1889). 

 Megapodius, sp., Sharpe. P. Z. S. 1874, p. 607. 



