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to eight feet in diameter and about three feet high. There 
are certainly burrows or runs inside, and in the forma¬ 
tion of these the logs of the foundation undoubtedly play 
a useful part. Man is not the only enemy of the Megapode, 
for it is by no means uncommon to tind a mound uprooted 
and dismantled by the wild pigs who forage for the eggs, 
while many of the young Megapodes, on emerging from 
the burrows fall victims to the big lizards of the genus 
Varanus. The runs are generally to be found excavated 
along the side of a log, and 1 believe that in this way the 
hens gain admission to the interior of the mound to lay 
their eggs, though it is quite possible that the entrance is 
closed when the birds have finished laying; there are 
several of these « runs » to he seen in a good-sized 
mound. 
3. Megaceplialuiii maleo. 
Megacephalum maleo (Ilartl.), Wald., t. c ., p. 87; 
Ogilvie Grant, Cat , B. Brit. Mas ., XXII, p. 472; Meyer ct 
Wiglesw., t. c., p. 16; iid., B. Celebes , p. 678 (1898). 
a. cf ad. Menado, Feb. 11. 
This specimen I procured myself on the beach at Me¬ 
nado ; and the natives assured me that, near Gorontalo, it 
is fairly common. However, only saw the species on two 
occasions. 
ORDER COLUMRIFORMES. 
FAMILY TRERONIDiE. 
4. Osmotreron AYallaeei. 
Osmotreron griseicauda (nec Gray)]; Wald, t. c ., 
p. 14. 
Osmotreron Wallacei, Salvad., Cat. B. Brit. Mas., 
XXI, p. 42, pi. XI, fig. 2 ; Meyer et Wiglesw., t. c ., p. 14; 
iid., B. Celebes , p. 595 (1898). 
a. b. 9 ad. Menado, Oct., Nov. 
c. 9 ad. Mount Masarang, Oct. 
