MEGAPODIUS. 
albirostris Malherbe ,* Monogr. Picidae I. 17. Tb. 4. = Picus melanoleucus 
G MEL. 
Boiei Malherbe, Monogr. Picidae I. 10. Tb. 3. = Picus Boiei Wa<.l. 
Grayi Malherbe, Monogr. Picidae I. 13. Tb. 5. == Picus pollens Bonap. 
guatemalensis Malherbe, Monogr. Picidae I. 19. Tb. 7. = Picus guatema- 
lensis Hartl. 
haematogaster Malherbe, Monogr. Picidae I. 27. Tb. 9. — Picus haemato- 
g aster Tsciiud. 
imperialis Malherbe, Monogr. Picidae I. 2. Tb. 1. = Picus imperialis Gould. 
magellanicus Malherbe, Monogr. Picidae I. 8. Tb. 2. = Picus magellanicus 
King. 
Malherbei Malherbe, Monogr. Picidae I. 15. Tb. 6. == Picus Malherbei 
Sundev. 
principalis Malherbe, Monogr. Picidae I. 5. Tb. 1. = Picus principalis Lin. 
robustus Malherbe, Monogr. Picidae I. 23. Tb. 3. = Picus robustus Frey. 
rubricollis Malherbe, Monogr. Picidae I. 25. Tb. 8. = Picus rubricollis Bodd. 
Sclateri Malherbe, Monogr. Picidae I. 22. Tb. 8. = Picus Sclateri Sundev. 
trachelopyrus Malherbe, Monogr. Picidae I. 26. Tb. 8. = Picus rubricollis 
Bodd. 
validus Malherbe, Monogr. Picidae I. 28. Tb. 9. =± Picus validus Reinw. 
MEGAPODIUS (Megapodinae. — fJ.eyaç grandis, tcoSlov pediculus). — Quoy 
et Gaimard, Voy. Uranie Zool. 124. — Gray, Genera Birds 1847. III. 490. 
Synon.: Alecthelia Lesson. — Alechthelia Hartl. — Amelous Glog. 
Bill moderate, rather weak, straight and broad at the base, with the basal 
part of the culmen depressed and weak, the apical portion strong and vaulted; the 
sides compressed to the tip, which is obtuse and overlaps that of the lower man- 
dible; the gonys moderate and curved upwards; the nostrils lateral, with the opening 
oval, exposed and placed in the fore part of the membranous groove. Wings 
ample and rounded, icith the third of the fifth quills nearly equal and longest. 
Tail rather short and rounded. Tarsi shorter than the middle toe, very strong 
and covered in front with transverse scales. Toes strong, lengthened; the lateral 
ones nearly equal, the inner toe united at the base by a membrane; the hind toe 
long and entirely resting on the ground; the claivs very long, strong, rather 
dilated and slightly curved. — 14 Specc. 
Andersoni Gray, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1861. 291. =e= Ocydromus Lafresnayeanus. 
Berusteini Schlegel, nederl. Tijdschr. Dierkde 1861. III. 261. [Ins. Sula. 
Brazieri Sclater, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1869. 528. — Ins. Banks. 
Brenchleyi Gray, Ann. mag. nat. hist. 1870. V. 328. [Ins. Solomon. 
Burnabyi Gray, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1861. 290. == Megapodius Pritchardi Gray. 
Cumingi Dillwyn, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1851. XIX. 118. Tb. 39. 
[Manilla. Borneo. Labuan. 
Duperreyi Lesson, Voy. Coquille Zool. I. 700. Tb. 36. = Megapodius Bein- 
wardti Wagl. 
Duperreyi Macgillivray. = Megapodius Macgillivrayi Gray. 
eremita Hartlaub, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1867. 830. [Ins. Echiquier. 
Forsteiii Gray, Genera Birds III. Tb. 124. — Schlegel, nederl. Tijdschr. 
Dierkde 1866. III. 263. [Amboina. Ceram. Banda. Buru. 
Megapodius Freycincti Temminck, PI. color. 220. 
Preycincti Quoy et Gaimard, Voy. Uranie II. 125. Tb. 32. — Schlegel, 
nederl. Tijdschr. Dierkde 1866. III. 261. 
[Nova Guinea. My sol. Waigiu. Batjan. Kaisa. 
Oriolus coturnix Scopoli, Sonnerat's Voy. Indes II. Tb. 105. 
Per dix novae Guineae Latham, Ind. Ornith. II. 655. 
Tetrao novae Guineae Gmelin, Syst. Nat. I. 764. 
Coturnix novae Guineae Temminck, Pig. Gall. III. 749. 
Alecthelia Urvillei Lesson, Voy. Coquille I. 703. Tb. 37. juv r . 
