THE TRUE MEGAPODES. 171 



shade ; under-parts dark brown. Total length, 14 inches ; 

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



Eange. — Sanghir Islands. 



V. Bernstein's megapode. megapodius bernsteini. 



Megafodtus berjisteinii, Schlegel, Ned. Tijdschr. Dierk. iii. p. 

 261 (1866); Ogilvie-Grant, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. xxii. p. 

 450 (1893). 



Adult. — Upper-parts much like those oi M. cuviingi^ 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 rufoies-broivji on the under-parts, 

 which are not nearly so dark as those of M. sanghire?tsis. 

 Total length, 12 inches; wing, 7*5; tail, 2*3; tarsus, 2*5. 



Eange. — Sula Islands, Celebean Archipelago. 



VI. forsten's megapode. megapodius forsteni. 



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

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



(1893). 

 Megapodius affinis, Meyer, SB. Ak. Wien. Ixix. p. 215 (1874). 



Megapodius decol/atus, 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 exietid- 

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

 brownish-grey; legs dark (olive- brown). Total length, i4'5 

 inches; wing, 8-6; tail, 2"8 ; tarsus, 27. 



Range. — Bourou, Amboina, Ceram, and Coram, 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. 



