961 Captain P. P. King on the Animals 



have the full character of the lobated membrane, the bill and forehead 

 bring it near the Gallinules, as in the last species. Of this bird I find no 

 previous description. 



FuLicA Gallinuloides. 



FuL atro-fusca, dorso saturatiore, capite cdro, guld albo-notatd, crisso 

 albo, rostro angusto,infrontemparum extendente. 



The throat is partially marked with white, which character however 

 may be but temporary, the bird being evidently a young individual. The 

 general appearance of the bird accords closely with that of the last spe- 

 cies; so much so as to make me hesitate ift separating them were it not 

 for the disproportion that exists in the width of the lobated membrane, 

 and the considerably greater size of the present bird. The shape of the 

 bills also differs : in Ful. chloropo'ides it extends much further into the 

 forehead, and the line which the forehead forms with the bill is much 

 straiter, than in FuL Gallinuloides. 



48. A specimen of the Chionis Forsteri. This bird flew on board 

 our ship when about two hundred miles from land. 



49. An Oyster-catcher, which I beheve to be the Hcematopus pallia^ 

 tits of M. Temminck. 



50. This bird approaches very closely to our Golden Plover; but I 

 believe it to be distinct. I cannot however compare it with the European 

 bird, and consequently must call upon our British Naturalists to ascertain 

 the fact. 



51. 52. I find no exact description of these little Plovers, although 

 they seem to approach several well known species. A great similarity of 

 colouring and markings is found in all these species, but I cannot recog- 

 nise in any descriptions of them the decided red breast, and single black 

 collar that distinguishes our birds. I shall venture to describe them. 



Charadrius rubecola. 



Char, capite summo, dorso, alls, eauddque supra grisescenti-fuscis, tho- 

 race nuchdqite pallid^ griseis; pectore rufo, collari subpectorali nigro; 

 fronte, strigd suToerdliariy ahdomine, crisso,rectricibusque lateralibus albis. 



