Birds of Celebes: Megapodidae. 679 



Vn, 673; (17) Cab., J. f. 0. 1875, 121; (18) G-arrod, P. Z. S. 1875, 343; (19) Brugg., 

 AbL Ver. Bremen 1876, V, 88; (20) Garrod, P. Z. S. 1878, 629; (21) Eosenb., 

 Malay. Arcbip. 1878, 276; (22) Meyer, Ibis 1879, 139; (23) Giebel, Ztscbr. ges. 

 Naturw. 1880, (3) XV, 207; (24) Scbl., Mus. P.-B., Megap., 1880, 77; (XXV) Oust., 

 Ann. Sc. Nat. 18S0, X, 16, 19, 23, pi. 20, 21 (skel.) ; 1881, XI, 2; (26) W. Bias., J. f. 0. 

 1883, 139; (27) Meyer, Isis, Dresden 1884, 6, 53; (28) Guillem., P. Z. S. 1885, 

 559; (XXIX) id., Cruise "Marcbesa" 1886, H, 194 et sequ., fig.; (30) Platen, Gefied. 

 Welt 1887, 219; (31) W. Bias., Ornis 1888, 627, 642; (32) Hickson, Nat. in N. 

 Celebes 1889, 95; (33) Tristr., Cat. Coll. B. 1889, 30; (34) Hart., Kat. Vog. Senck. 

 Mus. 1891, 200; (35) Grant, Cat. Birds. 1893, XXH, 472; (36) Newton, Diet. 

 B. pt. n, 1893, r.41; (37) P.& F. Sarasin, Z. Erdk. Berlin 1894, 375, 388, 396 

 398; (38) M. & Wg., Abb. Mus. Dr. 1895 Nr. 8, p. 16; (39) iid., ib. 1896, Nr. 1, p. 6. 



c. Megapodius (Macrocephaloma) maleo (I) Tbienem., Fortpfl. Vog. 1845 — 54, I, 11, pi. W, 1. 



d. Megacephalon rubripes (I) Gray, Gen. B. EI, 489, pi. 123 (1846— bere rufipes); (2) id., 



P. Z. S. 1861, 288; (3) Scbl., Ned. Tdsclir. Dierk. 1866, IH, 259; (4) Wall., Malay 

 Arcliip. 1869, I, 413. 



e. Macrocephalon maleo (1) S. Mlill., Arcb. f. Nat. 1846, XII, pt. I, 116. 



f Megapodius maleo (I) Scbl, Handl. Dierk. 1857, I, 384, 480, pi. V, fig. 63.i) 



g. Megacephala maleo (1) Heine & Rchw., Nomencl. Mus. Hein. 1890, 303. 



"Maleo", Malay, N. Celebes, Eeinwardt a 2, Wallace d 4, v. Eosenb. 21, Hickson 32. 



•>MoIeo", Meyer 22, Joest, Das Holontalo 1883, 105, Nat. Coll. 



"Mumunga", Tondauo neigbbourbood, Meyer 22 (of. Mamunga in Tagulandang, Hicks. 32). 



"Sankawor"', Minabassa, Nat. Coll. 



•'Moleo besar" (= Great Moleo), Lembeb, iid. 



Eemark. The name Maleo or Moleo is used as well for M. cumingi, tbis one being the Little 

 Moleo, Moleo kitjil. Eosenberg gives the name of M. freycineti in Teruate as 

 "Maleo" (Salvad., 0. P. HI, 231). In the New Hebrides one of the names of if. layardi 

 is "Malou", accoi'ding to Layard; and the geographically isolated 31. 2)>'itchardi of 

 Niuafou in PoljTiesia is called "Mallow" or "Malau". Lipoa ocellata of Australia, 

 according to Newton (36) is commonly known in England as the "Mallee-Bird". In 

 New Caledonia the expression for bird is mali, and "man" is found all over the 

 South Seas for "bird", therefore in the word maleo or moleo the root mal = man 

 is no doubt contained. 



Figures and descriptions. Gray d I; Quoy & Gaim. b J (juv.); Scblegel f I, VIII, 5, 24; 

 Guillem. JTJ^^/X (woodcut) ; Oustalet XXF (skeleton, descr.); Briigg. 19; Grant 35. 



Adult. Blackish brown with greenish gloss in certain lights ; tail quite black; breast, sides 

 and abdomen white, with a strong salmon-colour tint in hfe and fresh skins; bead 

 naked, with a large occipital knob or casque: "casque black; bill at the base of the 

 upper mandible redcbsh brown, of the under mandible and the middle of the upper 

 mandible black, point of bill yellowish; skin of the neck blackish; round the eyes of 

 a fleshy yellowish colour; legs bluish black; feet and claws yellowish" — Meyer 2.?; 

 "iris bro-mi" — Guillem. 28 (ad., Kema, Aug.: P.&F. Sarasin). 



Sexes. Alike in coloration: the male is slightly the larger, generally has a some-wbat larger 

 casque and is a little brighter (Guillem. 28). 



Chicken. Above bistre, bead somewhat varied with huffish; wings blackish; fore-neck like 

 the back; forehead, chin, throat, and remaining under-jjarts light cinnamon -buff; 



1) lu an out-of-the-way place P. Leverkiilm (Premde Eier im Nest 1891, 38 — 45) has reprinted from 

 Oustalet and others a synonymy of the Megapodidae; we have not quoted this compilation here and antea. 



