NO. 2232. BIRDS FROM ISLANDlS IN Till: J A \ A SEA—OBERHOLSER. 189 



Family MEGAPODIIDAE. 



MEGAPODIUS DUPERRYII GOULDII Gray. 



Mtgapodius gouldii Gray, Proc. Zool. Soc. Loud., 1861 (meeting of June 25), p. 

 290 (Lombok Island, East Indies). 



One adult female is in the collection. This was taken on Novem- 

 ber 24, 1908. "Feet brick red; toes blackish; soles orange." Total 

 length (in flesh)/ 398 mm.; wing, 212; tail, 84; exposed culmen, 21.5; 

 tarsus, 64; middle toe without cluw, 38.5. 



The present example differs from Megapodius duyerryii duperryii of 

 New Guinea in its smaller size, paler upper and lower parts, and is 

 apparently identical with Megapodius duperryii gouldii of the Lesser 

 Sunda Islands, though we have no specimens of the latter for actual 

 comparison. This Arends Island bird, together with Doctor Abbott's 

 other record from Solombo Besar Island,^ extend for some distance 

 westward the known range of the species. 



The following four forms of Megapodius duperryii are now recogniz- 

 able, and further investigations may increase this number: 



Megapodius duperryii duperryii Lesson and Garnot. — New 

 Guinea. 



Megapodius duperryii gouldii Gray. — ^Lesser Sunda Islands, south 

 to Lombok and Flores; east to the Aru and Kei Islands; north to 

 the Banda Islands and Arends Island; and west to Arends Island, 

 Solombo Besar Island, and the Kangean Islands. 



Megapodius duperryii tmnulus Gould. — -Northern territory of 

 Australia. 



Megapodius duperryii assimilis Masters. — -Northern Queensland, 



Family TRERONIDAE. 



MUSCADIVORES ROSACEUS ZAMYDRUS Oberholser. 



M'uscadivorcs rosaceus zartiydrus Oberholser, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., vol. 54, 1917, 

 p. 179 (Solombo Besar Island, Java Sea). 



Six specimens appear to be indistinguishable from the series from 

 Solombo Besar Island already described under the above name.^ 

 Two of the six (No. 181676, U.S.N.M., November 23, 1908, and No. 

 181680, November 24, 1908) are molting both wing-quiUs and rectrices. 

 Measurements of all are given in the following table: 



1 Measured by the collector. ' See p. 179. 



