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CHARLES HOSE. 
ORDER GALLIFORMES. 
1. Gallus gallus. 
Gallus gallus (Linn.), Ogilvie Grant, Cat. B. Brit. 
Mus., XXII, p. 844?/l 893).' 
Gallus bankiva (Temm.), Wald., Trans. 7^ool. Soc., IX, 
p. 86 (1872). ,.f 
Gallus ferrugineus (Gm.), Meyer et Wiglesw., Ab- 
handl. K. Zool. Mas. Dresden, 1891-95, n“ 8, p. 16 
(1895); iid., B. Celebes , p.667 (1898). 
a. cf ad. Rurukan (3 500 feet), Sept. 
b. 9 ail. Mount Masarang (3 000 feet), Oct. 
I had a long discussion with the native hunters as to 
whether this Jungle-fowl was an indigenous species to the 
mountain, or whether it was only a domestic fowl run 
wild. They were, however, insistent that the species was 
not domesticated, and as Mr. Ogilvie Grant has identified 
my specimens as true Jungle-fowl, I believe that we may 
consider the species to be indigenous to Celebes. 
Megapodius cumingi. 
Megapodius Cumingi (Dillwyn), Wald., /. c., p. 29 ; 
Grant, Cat. B. Brit. Mas., XXII, p. 449 (1893); Meyer et 
Wiglesw., t. c., p. 10; iid., B. Celebes, p. 671 (1898). 
a. 9 Juv. Menado, Nov. 
Only a single specimen was procured near Menado. 
This species is also found on the islands off the coast of 
Northern Borneo, but in Celebes it occurs on the main¬ 
land. It is such an exceedingly shy bird that it is seldom 
shot, and it only moves in the morning and evening. The 
natives catch the birds by the « Jerat » trap, which con¬ 
sists of a spring formed by bending over a sapling with 
a noose at the end. In their hunt for Megapodes and other 
ground-birds, the natives build a low hedge of under- 
