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 21. Gallicrex ciuerea (Gm.)- 



Fulica ciuerea Gmelin, SiijM. Xal. i. p. 702 (1788—" Habitat ia Sina "). 

 Gallicrex einereus Grant, P. Z.S. 191)0. p. 501. 



Fonr skins from Tingan (No. 251). 



One adult, male, 10. vi. 1904, has the feathers of the npperside slaty-black 

 with slate-jrrey edges, those to the inner secondaries only slightly tinged with 

 brownish. Under-surface slate-colour, lighter towards the tail, each feather with 

 a narrow whitish border. I believe this to be the fresh plumage of the adult male, 

 though none of onr Indian birds agrees with it exactly, the inner secondaries 

 having more brown, tlie back and breast being blacker. Other Hainan specimens 

 agree with Indian ones. 



22. Gallinula chloropus orientalis Horsf. 



Galliniila nrienlalU Horsfield, Trans. Zovl. Snc. Lnml. xiii. p. i;)5 (18'2U— Java). 

 Gallmula chlnropun Grant, P. Z. S. 1900. p. 500. 



Hitherto only obtained on Hainan by Schmacker. Katsnmata has now sent 

 three skins : an adnlt male, obtained 23. iii. 1904, and two immature birds, 

 obtained in March 1903, at Liudon (No. 202). Tlie wing of the adnlt male only 

 measures 162 mm., therefore the Hainan specimens must be regarded as the 

 south-eastern form, 6r. chloropus orientalis. 



23. Fulica atra L. 



Grant, P. Z. S. 1900. p. 501. 



Obtained in North Hainan by Schmacker's collector, teste Hartlanb. 



24. Amaurornis phoenicurus phoenicurus (Forst,). 



lialhis phoenicurus Forster, Zool. Iiid. p. 19 pi. 9 (1789— Ceylon). 

 Gallinula phoemcura Swinhoe, Ibis, 1870 p. 364 (Hainan). 



Mr. Grant evidently overlooked this species in his list of Hainan birds, 

 P. Z.S. 1000. 



We have received a good series from Hoihow (No. 77). In Nov. Zool. 1904, 

 pp. 184, 185, I gave a review of the subspecies of this Moorhen, bat unfortunately, 

 there is a disturbing misprint in line 7 on p. 185. The characters of Amaurornis 

 phoenicurus leueomelaena are : — Adult birds with forehead, lores and sides of head 

 slate-colour ; breast and abdomen slate-colour, white in the middle. In my article 

 it reads " forehead, lores and sides of head white," but these parts are white 

 only in A. phoenicurus phoenicurus and A. phoenicurus insularis, and slate-colour 

 in ^4. ph. leucnmelaena. 



Clutches of four and six eggs were taken from nests situated in rice-fields, about 

 7 to 12 in. high above the ground, on May 18 and 30, near Hoihow. The eggs 

 are pinkish white, with rnfoua patches and splashes and pale violet underlying 

 spots. The clutch of six measures : 36 x 27-5, 36 x 28, 36 x 27-6, 36-4 x 279, 

 35-6 X 27-1, 35'6 x 27'5 ; while those of the cintch of four are smaller, measuring : 

 33 5 X 25, 34-5 x 26, 33 x 25-9, and 328 x 26 mm. 



25. Podiceps fluviatilis philippensis (Bonnat). 



Podidpes pliilippenxix Grant, P. Z. .S'. 1900. p. 500. 



Hoihow and Liudon (No. 41). 



