. Birds. Birds. 148 mbgapobiidjB. Younger birds are rufous brown beneath, only the chin and throat being greyish. Bill light greenish to yellowish; lores and sides of head red; irides brown; tarsus and toes dark horny, sometimes greenish in front; back and sides of tarsi and tibio-tarsal joint dull red; soles pale cameous, sometimes pale yellow (Hume). Length 16 ; tail 3; wing 9 ; tarsus 275; bill from gape Fig. 30.—Head of M. nicoiariensis. J. Distribution. The Nicobar Islands. No Megapodes occur at the Andamans, but some are said to have been seen at Table Island in the Oocos, where H
. Birds. Birds. 148 mbgapobiidjB. Younger birds are rufous brown beneath, only the chin and throat being greyish. Bill light greenish to yellowish; lores and sides of head red; irides brown; tarsus and toes dark horny, sometimes greenish in front; back and sides of tarsi and tibio-tarsal joint dull red; soles pale cameous, sometimes pale yellow (Hume). Length 16 ; tail 3; wing 9 ; tarsus 275; bill from gape Fig. 30.—Head of M. nicoiariensis. J. Distribution. The Nicobar Islands. No Megapodes occur at the Andamans, but some are said to have been seen at Table Island in the Oocos, where Hume found some hillocks that might have been old nest-mounds. Habits, Sfc. This Megapode keeps near the sea-shore in scrub and jungle, and is found in pairs, or in flocks that may contain at times 30 to 50 birds. It runs rapidly, and does not take flight till pressed, and it has a cackling call. It feeds on land-moUusca 'and insects, with vegetable substances. Like other members of the genus, these Megapodes lay their eggs in a large mound built by themselves of vegetable matter covered with sand, the heat pro- duced by the decay -of dead leaves &c. apparently sufficing for incubation. The eggs are elongate ovals, very large for the size of the bird, ruddy pink when first laid, and they measure about 3-25 by 3-07. These birds are delicious Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Oates, Eugene William, 1845-1911; Blandford, William Thomas, 1832-1905. London, Taylor and Francis
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