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XV. THE MARIANNE MEGAPODE. MEGAPODIUS LAPEROUSII. 



Megapodius la Pcrouse, Quoy and Gaimard, A'oy. "Uranie," 



p. 127, pi. ZZ (1824). 

 Megapodius lapcrousii^ Temm. PI Col. v. livr. 69, p. 3 (1826); 



Ogilvie-Grant, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. xxii. p. 460 (1893) [part. ; 



Marianne Is.]. 

 Megapodius perou sit, Wiglesw. Abh. Mus. Dresd. 1890-91, No. 



6, p. 58 (1892). 

 Adult Male and Female. — May be distinguished from M. seuex 

 by having the crown much darker grey\ while the posterior band 

 of feathers above the nape are almost white, and form a marked 

 contrast with the crown. 



Range. — Marianne Islands. 



XVI. PRITCHARD's MEGAPODE. MEGAPODIUS PRITCHARDI. 



Megapodius stairi and M. burnabyi, Gray, P. Z. S. 1861, p. 290 



[founded on eggs]. 

 Megapodius pritchardi, Gray, Ann. Mag. N. H. (3) xiv. p. 378 



(1864); id. P. Z. S. 1864, p. 41, pi. vi.; Ogilvie-Grant, 



Cat. B. Brit. Mus. xxii. p. 461 (1893). 

 Megapodius huttoni, Buller, Trans. N. Zeal. Inst. iii. p. 114 



(1870). 

 Adult. — Distinguished from all the species previously men- 

 tioned by having the basal part of the primary and outer 

 secondary quills ivhite ; the longer upper tail-coverts and tail 

 mixed with the same colour.* General colour of the rest of 

 the plumage dull lead-grey, shading into yellowish-grey on the 

 belly and under tail-coverts, only the wings and back being 

 rufous-brown ; legs pale red. Total length, 10-5 inches ; wing, 

 7-4; tail, 2*15; tarsus, 2*1. 



Eange. — Ninafou or Hope Island. 



Habits.— Captain McLeod, w^ho visited the island of Ninafou, 



* The amounl of while appears to vary in individual examples. 



