672 
Birds of Celebes: Megapodidae. 
Measurements. 
)r. 
(Nr. 10538) ad., Manado (v. Scliierb 
(Nr. 12985) ad., Gorontalo (Kiedel) .... 
(Nr. 12912) ad., Togian, Aug. 71 (Meyer) 
(Sara sin Coll.) cf ad., Tomohon, 17. IV. 94 
(Sarasin Coll.) (f- ad., Eurukan, 26. m. 94 
(Sarasin Coll.) Q ad., Kema, 29. VTTT 93 . 
(Sarasin CoU.) cf vix ad., Kema, 25. VTir 03 
(C 14146) ad., Lembeh Id., Febr. 1895 (Nat. Coll. 
fC 14147) ad., Lembeb Id., Mcb. 1895 (Nat. Coll.) 
j. (Nr. 12916) cf ad., Mindanao, Dec. 75 (Laglaize) 
A. (Nr. 12915) 2 fid., Mindanao, Dec. 75 (Laglaize) 
(Nr. 12914) ad., Sandakan, N. Borneo (Pryer) 
a. 
b. 
c. 
d. 
e. 
f- 
h. 
i. 
1 . 
J J ’ J 
Length of cranium . . . 
L 
55.0 
mm 
Greatest breadth of cranium 
23.3 
» 
Length of humerus . , 
71.3 
» 
Length of ulna .... 
77.3 
Length of radius .... 
71.3 
» 
Length of manus .... 
62.0 
> 
Length of metacarpus . . 
36.3 
Length of digitus I . . . 
14.3 
Length of digitus H . . . 
25.4 
a 
Length of digitus HI . . 
7.7 
» 
Length of femur .... 
64.0 
Length of tibia .... 
93.0 
Length of fibula .... 
52.0 
Wing j Tail 
1 
1 Tarsus 
1 Bill from 
I nostril 
. . 205 1 65 
58 
1 12 
• . 215 1 71 
60 
11 
. . i 195 65 
57 
' 
■ . 1 200 1 68 
59 
11.5 
O 
o 
61 
11.5 
. . j 210 66 
61 
11 
. . j 195 ’ 62 
59 
12 
) . 1 208 , 66 
62 
13 
. 215 ^ 66 
— 
13 
. ^ 245 77 
65 
_ 
. 245 75 
62 
13 
. ! 210 ' 62 
53 1 
12.5 
IV. Borneo;. 
tarso-metatarsus 
63.0 mm 
Egg. 
Nest. 
J-iengtb of digitus I . . . 34.7 , 
Length of digitus IT . . . 44.4 » 
Length of digitus III . . 50.O » 
Length of digitus IV . . 44.6 » 
Length of sternum . . . 77.0 » 
Greatest breadth of sternum 41.0 .. 
Height of crista stenii . . 32.5 > 
Length of coracoideiun . . 47.0 
Length of scapula. . . . 61.5 » 
Length .of clavicula . . , 52.O » . 
Length of pelvis . . . . 90.0 » 
Greatest breadth of pelvis . 44.5 » 
very light clay-coloiu*; sheU thick, rather rough, glossless: 
size 79 X 4.1.5 mm (1 ex. Minahassa: Sarasin Coll.).' 
— — ''oo- (stjtj ueiuw). 
fWhiteL'^^Tl-' lir Mottley); Kuraman (Everett); Tega Islands 
Balnhno^^i^^ ’ (Everett); N. Borneo — Sandakan (Pryer); 
M« H f (Lempriere, Whitehead, Platen); Luzon (Cuming, 
xIaitland-Heriot); Celm (Everett); Masbate and Marinduque fSteere) Mindoro 
Ssi C f 7 T - Authorities: Everett, J. Str. Br. E. A. S. 
1^1800 ’ T^eddale, Orn. Works; Steere, List B. and M. Philipp. 
Is. 1890, 25; Sharpe, Ibis 1894, 242, 257 
T 1- 7 (Wallace a 7, 7, v. Musschenbr. 6 etc.); 
Tahssi M. (Hickson b 9)- Tendila Id. (Nat. Coll, b .9); Lembeh Id. (Nat. Coll. ; 
Gorontalo Distr. (Eosenh. b 4, b 6, Meyer h 5); Togian (Meyer b 5); West Celebes 
.u- panmjends and some other forms inhabiting the Philippines, 
IS Megapode is known in the Celebesian subregion only from North Celebes 
n t e IS ands off^ the coast, though it is to be anticipated that further research 
prove its distiibution in the island to be greater. From its almost complete 
