672 



Birds of Celebes: Megapodidae. 



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Measurements. 



Wing 



Tail Tarsus 



Bill from 

 nostril 



a. (Nr. 10538) ad 



b. (Nr. 12985) ad. 



c. (Nr. 12912) a' 



d. (Sarasin Coll 



e. (Sarasin Coll. 



f. (Sarasin Coll 



g. (Sarasin Coll. 

 h. (C 14146) ad., 

 i. (C 14147) ad., 



Manado (v. Schierbr.) . . . . 

 , Gorontalo (Riedel) 



ad., Togian, Aug. 71 (Meyer) . . 



) (^ ad., Tomohon, 17. IV. 94 . . 



1 cf ad., Eurukan, 26. EI. 94 . . 



) 2 ad., Kema, 29. Vin. 93 . . . 

 .) (^ vix ad., Kema, 25. VHI. 93 •. 

 Lembeli Id., Febr. 1895 (Nat. Coll. 

 Lembeh Id., Mch. 1895 (Nat. Coll.) 



j. (Nr. 12916) cJ" ad., Mindanao, Dec. 75 (Laglaize) 

 A-. (Nr. 12915) 2 ad., Mindanao, Dec. 75 (Laglaize) 



205 

 215 

 195 

 200 

 210 

 210 

 195 

 208 

 215 



245 

 245 



65 

 71 

 65 

 68 

 70 

 66 

 62 

 66 

 66 



77 

 75 



I. (Nr. 12914) ad., Sandakan, N. Borneo (Pryer) ... | 210 62 



Skeleton (from Meyer, Vogelskel. 11, 1894, t. CLXXXI: N. W. Borneo). 



Length of tarso-metatarsus 

 Length of digitus I . . 

 Length of digitus II . . 

 Length of digitus HE 

 Length of digitus IV 

 Length of sternum . . 

 Greatest breadth of sternum 

 Height of crista stemi . 

 Length of coracoideum . 

 Length of scapula . . . 

 Length of clavicula 

 Length of pelvis . . . 

 Greatest breadth of pelvis 



58 

 60 

 57 

 59 

 61 

 61 

 59 

 62 



65 

 62 



53 



12 

 11 



11.5 



11.5 



11 



12 



13 



13 



13 

 12.5 



63.0 mm 



34.7 > 



44.4 » 

 50.0 » 

 44.6 . 

 77.0 » 

 41.0 ' 



32.5 » 

 47.0 

 61.5 : 

 52.0 . 

 90.0 » 

 44.5 . 



Egg. Long oval, the ends equal; very light clay-coloiu- ; shell tliick, rather rough, glossless: 



size 79 X 49.5 mm (1 ex. Minahassa: Sarasin Coll.). 

 Nest. A huge mound of rubbish in which the eggs are buried deeply (see belovsr). 

 Distribution. Labuan (type of C. cumingi, Mottley); Kuraman (Everett); Tega Islands 



(Whitehead); Mantanani Islands (Everett); N. Borneo — Sandakan (Pryer); 



Balabac (Steere); Palawan (Lemprifere, Whitehead, Platen); Luzon (Cuming, 



Maitland-Heriot); Cebu (Everett); Masbate and Marinduque (Steere); Mindoro 



(Schadenberg Mus. Dr.); Mindanao (Everett, Steere); Basilan (Everett, Steere); 



Sooloo (Platen); Sibutu (Everett). — Authorities: Everett, J. Str. Br. R. A. S. 



1889, 197; Grant 1; Tweeddale, Orn. Works; Steere, List B. and M. Philipp. 



Is. 1890, 25; Sharpe, Ibis 1894, 242, 257. 



North Celebes: — Minahassa (Wallace a 1, 1, v. Musschenbr. b 6, etc.); 



TaUssi Id. (Hickson b 9); Tendila Id. (Nat. Coll. b 9); Lembeh Id. (Nat. Coll.); 



Gorontalo Distr. (Rosenb. b 4, b 6, Meyer 6 5); Togian (Meyer b 5); West Celebes 



(Doherty 5). 



Like Calornis jtanayensis and some other forms inhabiting the Philippines, 

 this Megapode is known in the Celebesian subregion only from North Celebes 

 and the islands off the coast, though it is to be anticipated that further research 

 will prove its distribution in the island to be greater. From its almost complete 



