. A hand-book to the game-birds . r ; but of this bird I got fresheggs in October and November also, and, according to CaptainNagel and the natives, eggs are to be found likewise in othermonths. Immediately after leaving the eggs, the young birdsare not only able to run, but also to fly. The old birds areexcellent runners, but their flight is somewhat heavy, as in thecommon fowl; wh2n alarmed they perch on trees. Thestomachs of those I shot were mostly filled with land-shells,small crabs, and scolopendras, but a few cases I foundseeds. . The male may be distinguished at once fromthe female
. A hand-book to the game-birds . r ; but of this bird I got fresheggs in October and November also, and, according to CaptainNagel and the natives, eggs are to be found likewise in othermonths. Immediately after leaving the eggs, the young birdsare not only able to run, but also to fly. The old birds areexcellent runners, but their flight is somewhat heavy, as in thecommon fowl; wh2n alarmed they perch on trees. Thestomachs of those I shot were mostly filled with land-shells,small crabs, and scolopendras, but a few cases I foundseeds. . The male may be distinguished at once fromthe female by its orange feet, which in the latter are yellow. Eggs.—Similar to those of the other species already described,but more than usually pointed ovals, and rather smallerAverage measurements, 2-9 by 17 inches. THE PAINTED MEGAPODES. GENUS , Ogilvie-Grant, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. xxii. p. 462 (1893).Type, E. wallacii (Gray).Like Megapodius^ but the secoidary quills are fjiuch shorterthan the primaries. PLATE ^^i=FiP^^!^^t^^*4»HKj?-^^ WALLACES PAINTED ME GAP ODE. THE PAINTED MEGAPODES. 185 Head and neck feathered^ with the exception of a smallspace round the eye. Upper tail-coverts much shorter than the tail-feathers. First primary flight-feather intermediate in length betweenthe seventh and eighth, and viuch longer than the tenth. Only one species is known. I. Wallaces painted megapode. eulipoa wallacii. Megapodius ivallacii^ Gray, P. Z. S. i860, p. 362, pi. wallacii^ Ogilvie-Grant, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. xxii. p. 462 (1892). {Plate XXXVa.)Adult.—General colour of the upper-parts olive; short crestrufous-olive; inner median wing-coverts, shoulder-feathers,and middle of the back slate-grey, tinged with olive, andwidely barred with bright chestnut, the former tipped withpale whitish-grey; greater secondary-coverts olive, and simi-larly banded with chestnut; lower back, rump, and under-partsdark grey, except the middle of the belly, which is
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