10 MANUAL OF PHILIPPINE BIRDS. 
Genus ae Gaimard, 1825 
Characters same as those given for the Family. 
1. MEGAPODIUS CUMINGI Dillwyn. 
PHILIPPINE MEGAPODE. 
Megapodius cumingii DiLLwyN, Proce. Zool. Soc. (1851), 119; pl. 39: 
Megapodius pusillus TWEEDDALE, Proc. Zool. Soc. (1877), 765, pl. 78 (juv.). 
Megapodius dillwyni TWEEDDALE, Proc. Zool. Soc. (1877), 766. 
Megapodius cumingi GRANT, Cat. Birds Brit. Mus. (1893), 22, 449; MEYER 
and WIGLESworTH, Birds of Celebes (1898), 2, 671, pl. 41, fig. 1; 
SuHarpk, Hand-List (1899), 1, 12; Oates, Cat. Birds’ Eggs (1901), 1, 
16; McGrrecor and WorcESTER, Hand-List (1906), 7. 
Ou-cong’, Calayan, Camiguin N.; ta-bon’, Luzon, Mindoro, Cagayancillo, and in 
general. 
Balabae (Steere, Everett); Bantayan (McGregor); Basilan (Steere, Steere 
Exp., Bourns & Worcester); Cagayancillo (McGregor); Calayan (McGregor) ; 
Camiguin N. (McGregor); Cebu (Everett, Bourns & Worcester) ; Cresta de Gallo 
(McGregor); Fuga (Whitehead, McGregor); Luzon (Cuming, Heriot, White- 
head); Marinduque (Steere Eap.); Mindanao (Steere, Everett, Steere Exp., 
Bourns & Worcester, Goodfellow); Mindoro (McGregor, Porter); Palawan 
(Everett, Lempriere, Whitehead, Platen, Bourns € Worcester, White) ; Romblon 
(Bourns & Worcester) ; Samar (Bourns ¢& Worcester) ; Sibutu (Hverett) ; Sibuyan 
(Bourns & Worcester); Sulu (Bourns € Worcester, Platen) ; Tablas (Bourns & 
Worcester); Tawi Tawi (Bourns & Worcester); Ticao (McGregor). Celebean 
Islands and islands of northwestern Borneo. 
Adult.—Top of head dark blue-gray with a wash of olive-brown; a 
narrow gray collar on hind neck; rest of upper parts, including exposed 
parts of folded wing, rich olive-brown; lower parts dark blue-gray. Iris 
brown; bill yellow, dusky at base and about nostrils; legs and nails 
black or dark brown; skin about eye varies from bright red to almost 
black. A male from Cagayancillo measures, 340 in length; wing, 230: 
tail, 72.4; tarsus, 62; middle toe with claw, 57; bill from nostril, 14. 
A female from the same island measures, 340 in length; wing, 235; 
tail, 70; tarsus, 58; middle toe with claw, 57; bill from nostril, 14. 
Young.—A bird measuring but 165 in length, taken in Calayan, Oc- 
tober 7, 1903, bears a general resemblance to the adult but the superorbital 
space, lores, chin, and throat are closely feathered; forehead, chin, and 
area below eye dull yellowish brown; throat, sides of neck, and breast 
dull brown; middle of abdomen dark ochraceous brown; feathers of 
upper parts dark brown, obscurely edged with olive-brown on back, 
scapulars, and wing-coverts; plumage, ‘except remiges and rectrices, soft 
and decomposed. 
Nest.—The incubation mound built by this species is fully Heanahed 
below. The eggs are prized by the natives for food; both the eggs and 
