80 CHARLES HOSE. 



to eight fcet in diameter and about three feet high. There 

 are certainly burrows or runs inside, and in the forma- 

 tion of thosG the logs of the foundation undoiibtedly play 

 a iisefiil part. Man is not the only enemy of the Megapode, 

 for it is by no mcans uncommon to Und a mound nprooted 

 and dismantled by the wild pigs who forage for the eggs, 

 while many of the yonng Megapodes, on emorging from 

 the burrows fall victims to the big lizards of the genns 

 Varanus. The runs are generally to be found excavated 

 along the side of a log, and 1 belicve that in this way the 

 hens gain admissiori to the interior of the mound to lay 

 their eggs, though it is quite possible that the entrance is 

 closed when the birds have fmished laying; there are 

 several of these « runs » to be seen in a, good-sized 

 mound. 



3. Hlegaeephalum maleo. 



Megacephalum maleo (Hartl.), Wald., /. c, p. 87; 

 Ogilvie Grant, Cat. B. ßrit. Mus., XXII, p. 472; Meyer et 

 Wiglesw., t. c, p. 16; iid., ß. Celehes, p. G78 (1898). 



a. cf ad. Menado, Feh. 11. 



This specimen I procured myself on the beach at Me- 

 nado ; and the natives assured me that, near Gorontalo, it 

 is fairly common. However, only saw the species on two 

 occasions. 



ORDER GOLUMRIFÜRMES. 



FAMILY TRERONID^. 



4. Osiiiotreroii AVallacei. 



Osmotreron griseicauda (nee Gray)'; Wald, t. c, 

 p. 14. 



Osmotreron Wallacei, Salvad., Cat. B. Brlt. Mus., 

 XXI, p. 42, pl. XI, hg. 2 ; Meyer et Wiglesw., L c, p. 14; 

 iid.,^. Celebes, p. 595 (1898). 



a. b. ^ (^ ad. Menado, Oct., Nov. 

 c. 9 ad. Mount Masarang, Oct. 



