THE TRUE Mi:r.APODES. IJJ 



shade; under-parts dar/c l>row7i. Total length, 14 inches; 

 wing, 9 ; tail, 3 ; tarsus 2*5. 

 Range. — Sanghir Islands. 



V. r.ERNSTEIN's MEGAPODE. MEGAPODIU.S RERNSTEINI. 



Megapodius bernsieinii, Schlegel, Ned. Tijdschr. Dierk. iii. p. 

 261(1866); Ogilvie-(jrant, Cat. B. Brit. Miis. xxii. p. 

 450 (1893). 



Adult. — Upper-parts much like those o^ M. ciimingi, but the 

 outer webs of the flight-feathers more strongly washed with 

 rufous and the lower back dark brownish-chestnut ; chest 

 olive-brown, shading into rufous-brown on the under-parts, 

 which are not nearly so dark as those of M. sanghirensis. 

 Total length, 12 inches; wing, 7-5; tail, 2-3; tarsus, 2'^, 



Eange. — Sula Islands, Celebean Archipelago. 



VI. FORSTEN's MEGAPODE. MEGAPODIUS FORSTENI. 



Megapodius forstenii^ Temm. ; Gray, Gen. B. iii. p. 491, pi. 

 124 (1847) \ Ogilvie-Grant, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. xxii. p. 451 



(1893). 

 Mcgapodius affifiis, Meyer, SB. Ak. Wien. Ixix. p. 215 (1874). 

 Megapodius dccollatns^ Oustal. Bull. Assoc. Sci. Fr. xxi. p. 248 



(1878). 



Adult. — Mantle dark grey, contrasting with the olive-brown 

 of the rest of the upper-parts ; feathers of the forehead exte?td- 

 tjig to the base of the bill ; a short but distinct crest; belly 

 brownish-grey; legs dark (olive-brown). Total length, 14-5 

 inches ; wing, 8-6 ; tail, 2*8 ; tarsus, 2*7. 



Range. — Bourou, Amboina, Ceram, and Goram, extending 

 North to Western New Guinea, Jobi Island, and d'Urville 

 Island off the north coast of New Guinea. 



Habits. — Dr. A. R. Wallace notes that " this bird deposits its 

 eggs in a heap of rubbish collected in low places near the sea. 



