22 Shxifeldt, Material for a Study of the Megapodiidcr. [^^' 



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No. 234,003, juv. (pullet). — Ninafou Ishind. Keccivcd from IMason 

 Mitchell. Coll. E. F. Allen. 



It has been said that this species lays its eggs in holes on the 

 island where it is found. These excavations are made in the 

 volcanic sand ; this latter is warm enough to incubate the eggs, 

 and they are hatched in this unusual manner.* 



Megapodiiis pritchardi is described by Sir Walter Buller in his 

 Supplement to " The Birds of New Zealand " (vol. i., p. 31), and 

 included, says Lister, " under the name of ' The Southern 

 Megapodc ' in that fauna, on what appears to be wholly inadequate 

 grounds " {loc. cit., p. 755) ; and, continuing. Lister points out 

 in another place, in his instructive article on these birds, that 

 " M. pritchardi belongs to the section of the genus with the back 

 and upper surface of the wings rufous brown and the breast and 

 belly lead or slaty grey, and in its general coloration perhaps is 

 nearest M. cumingi, Dillw., of the Philippines and Borneo. In 

 the type specimen, described by G. R. Gray (P. Z. S., 1864, p. 41, 

 pi. vi.) [he also gives lists, &c.], and now in a somewhat dilapidated 

 condition in the British Museum, the bases of the quill-feathers 

 are white," &c., &c. 



" A specimen in the Leyden Museum was described by Schlegel 

 {Mns. Pays-Bas, viii., p. 64), &c. . . The first specimen which 

 came to the Auckland Museum was described by Buller {Trans, 

 of the New Zealand Institute, vol. iii., 1870, p. 14), also Hutton 

 {Trans. New Zealand Institute, iv., 1871, p. 165)." 



I cite the museums where Pritchard's Megapode is to be found 

 at the present time, in so far as I know to be a fact, for the reason 

 that such information is frequently of great use and value to 

 working ornithologists. In this matter we certainly are under 

 great obhgations to Mr. Lister for the information set forth in 

 his article. 



EuLiPOA WALLACEi (Gray). 

 (Ogilvie-Grant, " Cat. B.," xxii., p. 462, 1893.) 

 This bird is found in the Molucca Islands, and was formerly 

 known as Megapodiiis wallacei (Gray, P.Z.S., i860, p. 362, 

 pi. clxxi.) 



At present there are no specimens of it in the collection of the 

 United States National Museum. 



LiPOA OCELLATA (Gould). 



(Ogilvie-Grant, t.c, p. 463.) 

 This large representative of the Megapodiidce occurs in Southern 

 and Western Australia. It has been written about and figured 

 by a number of the ornithologists of Australia and elsewhere.! 



* Friedlandcr, " Ueber die Nestlocher d. Megapodiiis pritchardi auf der 

 Insel Ninafou," Oynithologische Monatshericlitc, vii., p. 37, Berlin, 1889. 



t " Official Check-list of the Birds of Australia," The Emu Supplement, 

 Jan., IQ13, Part 3, p. 22 {Lcipoa oceltata), here called the " Mallee-Fowl." 

 Campbell," A. J., '" Nests and Eggs of Australian Birds." Also the very 



