YHE TRUE MEGAPODES. 169 
two typical examples in the British Museum collection are 
both males. 
Range.— I’enimber Islands, Moluccas. 
III]. CUMING’S MEGAPODE. MEGAPODIUS CUMINGI. 
Megapodius cumingit, Dillwyn, P. Z. S. 1851, p. 118, pl. 39; 
Motley and Dillwyn, Contr. N. H. Labuan, p. 32, pl. 7 
(1855); Ogilvie-Grant, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. xxii. p. 449 
(1893). 
Megapodius gilbertit, Gray, P. Z.S. 1861, p. 289. 
Megapodius lowi, Sharpe, P. Z. S. 1875, p. 111. 
Megapodius pusillus, Tweedd. P. Z. S. 1877, p. 765, pl. xxviii. 
(Juv.). 
Megapodius dillwynt, Tweedd. P. Z. S. 1877, p. 766. 
Adult Male and Female—Whole plumage darker than in J/ 
nicobariensis, especially the under-parts, which are dark grey. 
The upper-parts vary considerably in different individuals, 
some being olive-brown, others more or less washed with 
rufous. Total length, 15 inches ; wing, 9; tail, 3; tarsus, 2°7. 
Range.—Philippine Islands, extending south to Palawan and 
the small islands off the north coast of Borneo; also met with 
in the Sula Islands, Celebes, and Tojian Islands. 
Habits.— Messrs. Motley and Dillwyn give the following notes 
on Cuming’s Megapode :—“In Labuan they are not uncommon, 
and are said to be principally confined to small islands, to such 
more especially as have sandy beaches ; they are very rarely to 
be seen, being extremely shy and frequenting dense and flat 
parts of the jungle, where the ratans grow, and where the 
luxuriance of the vegetation renders cencealment easy. The 
Malays snare them by forming long thick fences in un- 
frequented parts of the jungle, in which at certain intervals they 
leave openings where they place traps; the birds run through 
the jungle in search of food, and coming to this fence, run 
