> THE TRUE MEGAPODES. 171 
shade ; under-parts dark brown. ‘Total length, 14 inches ; 
wing, 9; tail,.3; tarsus 25. 
Range.—Sanghir Islands, 
Wo BERNSTEIN’S MEGAPODE. MEGAPODIUS BERNSTEINI. 
Megafodius bernsteinii, Schlegel, Ned. Tijdschr. Dierk. iii. _p. 
261 (1866); Ogilvie-Grant, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. xxii. p. 
_ 450 (1893). | 
_ Adult.—Upper-parts much like those of JZ. cuming?, 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 rufous-brown on the under-parts, 
which are not nearly so dark as those of AZ sanghirensis. 
Total length, 12 inches ; wing, 7°5 ; tail, 2°3; tarsus, 2°5. 
Range.—Sula Islands, Celebean Archipelago. 
VI. FORSTEN’S MEGAPODE. MEGAPODIUS FORSTENI. 
Megapodius forstentt, Temm. ; Gray, Gen. B. iii. p. 491, pl. 
124 (1847) ; Ogilvie-Grant, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. xxii. p. 451 
(1893). 
Megapodius affints, Meyer, SB. Ak. Wien. Ixix. p. 215 (1874). 
Megapodius decollatus, 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 ex/end- 
ing to the base of the bill ; a short but distinct crest; belly 
brownish-grey ; legs dark (olive-brown). Total length, 14°5 
inches. 5, wing, 3°6 ; tail, 2°38 ; tarsus, 2°7. 
Range.—Bourou, Amboina, Ceram, and Goram, 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. 
