348 MR. R. B. SHARPE ON BIRDS COLLECTED BY 



GOURIim 

 Phlogoenas, Beichenbach. 



129. Phlogcenas luzonica (Scop.) : "Walden, t. c. p. 221. 



a, b, c. Manila. 

 [The natives snare these birds in some numbers ; and all my specimens were procured 

 from a friendly priest, who gave them to me out of his aviary. I saw the same or an 

 allied species in numbers at the north end of the island of Negros. — J. B. S.] 



Chaxcophaps, Gould. 



130. Chaxcophaps indica (L.) : "Walden, t. c. p. 221. 



a. ? . Maasin, Panay, Jan. 1875. Eyes dark. 



b. £ . Puerto Princesa, Palawan. Eyes dark. 



[This Dove seemed to me to be a common Pigeon in most of the islands. — J. B. S.] 



GALLING. 



PHASIANLDiE. 

 Gallus, Linnseus. 



131. Gallus bankiva, Temm. : "Walden, t. c. p. 223. 



a. £ ad. Panay. 

 [I also saw Jungle-fowl in Mindanao, where they were plentiful, and also in Palawan 

 and Balabac. They are difficult to shoot, as they are very wary ; and I have hunted for 

 hours with birds crowing all about me without getting a shot. The Indians of the 

 forest-villages snare them, and often keep them alive, crossing them with the domestic 

 fowls.— J. B. S.] 



MEGAPODIIDiE. 

 Megapodius, Quoy et Gaimard. 



132. Megapodius lowii, Sharpe, P. Z. S. 1875, p. 111. 



a. $. Dumalon, Mindanao, Oct. 1874. Eyes hazel. 



b, c. pull. Balabac. 



[In Balabac I found large numbers of these birds, and procured both eggs and young. 

 They were nesting on the sea-beach on the edges of the brush, the nests being 

 about 12 feet across and about 3 or 4 feet in height, and made of sand and bits of 

 shells and sticks. The natives, say that sometimes 50 or 60 eggs are found in one 

 of them. In Mindanao, in the mountainous country, some way inland, I found 

 heaps of earth piled up against fallen logs, which the natives said were Megapodes' 

 nests ; I dug into them myself, but did not find eggs. On one occasion the nest had 

 been burrowed by a huge land-lizard. — J. B. S.] 



The Meo-apode collected by Dr. Steere is not the true M. Oumingl of Manila, but 

 appears to be identical with M. Lowii of Labuan. It is a very dark-coloured bird, 



