34 MR. A, R. WALLACE ON THE BIRDS OF BOURU. [Jan. 13, 



Ptilonopus prasinorrhous. 



Ptilonopus prasinorrhous, G. R. Gray, P. Z. S. 1858, p. 185. 



Bill and its base, as far as the eye, gamboge-yellow ; iris orange- 

 brown, with an inner ring of yellow ; feet dull purple. 



Length 9^ inches ; wing 4|- inches. 



Female entirely green ; crown of head very rich green ; under- 

 side rather duller ; under tail-coverts yellow-margined. 



Hab. Bouru, Matabello, Goram, and Ke Islands, belonging to the 

 Molucca group ; also Mysol and Waigion, of the New Guinea group. 



Ptilonopus viridis. 



Columbaviridis,lj.,V\.YiX\\. \^2. 



Bill yellow, the base red ; iris yellowish red ; orbits yellow ; feet 



Ted. 



Total length 9 inches. The male and female are alike. 

 Hab. Bouru, Amboyna, Ceram, and Goram. 



Macropygia amboinensis. 



Columba amboinensis, L., Bp. Consp. Gen. Av. ii. p. 56. 

 Hab. Bouru and the other Moluccas. 



" Bill black ; iris pearly white, with an outer ring of pink ; feet 

 coral-red." 



Chalcophaps moltjccensis. 



Chalcophaps moluccensis, G. R. Gray, P. Z. S. 1862, p. 345. 

 Hab. Bouru, Sula Islands, and the Moluccas. 



Megapodius wallacii. 



Megapodius wallacei, G. R. Gray, P. Z. S. 1860, p. 362, pi. 171. 



This species differs somewhat in its habits from the other members 

 of the family found in the Malay Islands. It resides generally in 

 the hilly districts of the interior, like Megacephalon tnaleo, and, like 

 that species, comes down to the beach to deposit its eggs ; but instead 

 of scratching a hole for them and covering it up again, the bird bur- 

 rows into the sand to the depth of 3 or 4 feet obliquely downwards, 

 and deposits its egg at the bottom. It then loosely covers up the 

 mouth of its hole ; and is said by the natives to obliterate and dis- 

 guise, by innumerable tracks and scratches, its own footmarks leading 

 to the hole. Its offspring is then left to make its way into the world 

 as it best can. The only specimen I obtained here was caught on 

 the beach, at the mouth of its burrow, early one morning. Its wing 

 was broken and wounded at the outer joint, as if it had been attacked 

 by some small animal when in its burrow, probably a rat. 



Hab. Bouru, Gilolo, and Ternate. 



Megapodius forsteni. 



Megapodius forsteni. Gray & Mitch. Gen. of Birds, iii. pi. 124. 

 Hab. Bouru, Amboyna, and Ceram. 



