MEGAPODlUfci SANGHIRENSIS. 91 



NOTE XVI. 



ON AN UNDESCRIBED SPECIES OF BLACK-LEGGED 

 MEGAPODE, MEGAPODIUS SANGHIRENSIS. 



BY 



H. SCHLEGEL. 



March 1880. 



Siao and Saughi (the two principal islands of the Ar- 

 chipelago o± Sanghi, which forms a kind of link between 

 Celebes and Mindanao) produce a species of Megapode , which 

 is allied to Megapodius cuminghi from the Philippines, Megaj). 

 gilberti from the Northern parts of Celebes , Megap. lowii 

 from North- West Borneo , and Megap. forsteni from Ce- 

 ram , Amboina and Bourou ; but which differs from all these 

 species in a way sufficiently notable to justify its claim 

 to the rank of a separate species. 



The Philippine bird is at once distinguished from the 

 other above mentioned species by its superior size. The 

 bird of Sanghi , inferior in size to that of the Philippines, 

 is , on the contrary , larger than Megap. lowii and gilberti , 

 and even somewhat larger than Megap. forsteni. 



The system of coloration presents the following 

 modifications from that of Megap. lowii , gilberti and 

 forsteni. The slate-gray of the throat and the underside 

 of the body is tinged with dark brown , whereas the up- 

 per surface of the head and of the body behind the mantle 

 is tinged with a rusty , and not with an olivaceous color. 



Notes Ironi the X-<eyclen Museum, V^ol. 11. 



