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90. Megapodius gilberti, G. R. Gray. 

 Megapodius gilberti, Wald. op. cit. p. 87. 

 a. N. Celebes. 



91. Megacephalon maleo, Temminck. 

 Megacephalon maleo, Wald. op. cit. p. 87. 



a-h. S • Wallace Bay, N. Celebes. I 



i-m. $ . Wallace Bay, N. Celebes. 



n. Near Menado. 



Iris brown ; bill pea-green, darker at base ; culmen red ; casque 

 black ; bare throat dark brown ; feet and tarsus grey, claws yellow. 

 Length 57-5-60 centims., the female being slightly the smaller. 

 The weight of six different males only varied 2 oz. — from 3 lb. 6 oz. 

 to 3 lb. 8 oz. Two females weighed 3 lb. 5 oz. and 3 lb. 7 oz. 

 respectively ; but two others (one of which had an egg ready for 

 immediate extrusion, and another of which I have no record) weighed 

 31b. 14 oz. The male generally has a somewhat larger casque, and 

 is a little brighter. 



These birds were very abundant at the beginning of September on 

 the lonely beach mentioned by Mr. Wallace in his ' Malay Archi- 

 pelago.' The members of our party shot no less than 42 in two 

 days. They are to be seen working in pairs or small flocks, never 

 singly, and the digging continued all day, from sunrise to sunset. I 

 am inclined to think that they may lay as many as twenty eggs in 

 the season, as in some of the females I dissected there were about 

 that number of ova, ranging from the size of a large pea upwards. 

 There is a great difference in size between the egg just ready for 

 extrusiou and the next ; the latter being not larger than a shilling. 

 Two eggs I have measure respectively 10-2x6*2 and 10-4x63 

 centims. 



92. Charadrius fulvus, Gm. 

 Charadrius fulvus, Wald. op. cit. p. 88. 

 a. Gorontalo, September 25th. 



93. ^gialitis geoffroyi (Wagl.). 



a. Kema. 



A. specimen in summer plumage. Lord Walden does not include 

 this species in his hst of Celebes birds, but it has been recorded from 

 that island by Meyer. 



94. Himantopus leucocephalus, Gould. 

 Himantopus leucocephalus, Wald. op. cit. p. 91. 

 a-c. cf • Limbotto Lake. 



d. 2 • Limbotto. 



Iris yellow ; bill black ; legs bright red. Length 37'5 centims. 

 Shot at the end of September. 



