MEGAPODINjE. 
rounded,  and  the  tail-coverts  much  developed.  Tarsi  strong,  longer  than  the  middle  toe,  and  covered  in 
front  with  broad  transverse  scales.  Toes  long,  and  moderately  strong ;  with  the  inner  lateral  toe  rather 
longer  than  the  outer  and  free,  while  the  latter  is  slightly  united  by  a  small  membrane ;  the  hind  toe 
nearly  as  long  as  the  inner  lateral  toe ;  the  claws  rather  small,  compressed,  and  slightly  curved. 
The  species  of  this  genus  are  peculiar  to  the  Island  of  Madagascar. 
1.  M.  variegata  I.  Geoffr.  Mag.  de  Zool.  1839,  Ois.  t.  5,  6.         |      2.  M.  unicolor  O.  Des  Murs,  Rev.  Zool.  1845.  p.  176. 
September,  1847. 
