THE TRUE MEGAPODES, I S3 



XV. THE MARIANNE MEGAPODE, MEGAPODIUS LAPEROUSII. 



Megapodius la Perouse^ Quoy and Gaimard, Voy. "Urarjie," 



p. 127, pi. zz (1824). 

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



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



Marianne Is.]. 

 Megapodius perousit, Wiglesw. Abh. Mus. Dresd. 1890-91, No. 



6, p. 58 (1892). 

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

 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. buniabyi^ 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 hufiofii, 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 a?id outer 

 secondary quills white ; 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 len^h, 10 "5 inches ; wing, 

 7*4; tail, 2"i5 ; tarsus, 2*1. 

 Range. — Ninafou or Hope Island. 

 Habits.— Captain McLeod, who visited the island of Ninafou, 



* Tlie amount of white appears to vary in individual examples. 



