MEGAPODINZ. 351 
developed. The typical or conirostral form of the 
whole family. Australia. 
M. paradisea. Vieil. Ois. dor. ii. pl. 15, 16. 
Megapodius, Gaimard. Bill 3 
small, very short, com- 
pressed. Culmen arched, 
and curved from the base: 
the base not wider than 
high. Nostrils as in 
Menura.- Feet strong, 
enormously large, resembling those of the last. Wings 
moderate. Tail very short. 
M. Freycinetii. Pl. Col. 220. 
PatamepiA, Linn. Bill short, compressed; the base 
high, and the point considerably curved. Feet large, 
thick, naked just above the knee. The claws very long. 
The lateral toes equal; the middle lengthened. Claws 
moderate ; the hinder one longer, and nearly straight. 
Wings moderate, very broad. The carpus armed with 
bony spines. Tail short. America. Subtypical. 
P. cornuta. Pl. Enl. 451. cristata. Pl. Col. 219. 
Dicuotoruus, Illiger. Bill longer than the head, 
thick, and strong ; the base depressed ; the tip com- 
_ pressed, and curved downwards. Nostrils very large, 
membranaceous ; the aperture in the middle of the 
bill. Feet long, slender. The three anterior toes 
very short and thick. The hinder much raised, and 
not touching the ground. Claws short, strong. 
Wings moderate, much rounded. (Temminck.) The 
rasorial type. South America. 
! D. cristatus. Pl. Col. 237. 
Psopui1A, Linn. Bill short, compressed: the culmen 
curved from the base, and of the true rasorial structure. 
Nostrils large, naked, basal ; the aperture oval. Feet 
long, slender. The outer and inner toe very slightly 
connected ; the inner cleft. Wings short, concave. 
Tail very short. The grallatorial type. S. America. 
P. crepitans. Pl. Enl. 169. 
