270 bulletin: museum of comparative zoology. 



Onopopelia humilis (Temminck). 

 15 specimens, Mengtsze, March, April, May, Sept., Oct., 1910. 



Spilopelia tigrina (Temminck & Knip) . 



6 specimens, Mengtsze, May, July, Aug., Oct. 



These specimens are more or less intermediate between tigrina and 

 chinensis, as Ingram has pointed out (Nov. zool., 1912, 19, p. 272) 

 in the case of his birds from the same locality, and do not run very 

 true to type. One has very dark shaft stripes on the upper wing 

 coverts but is grey on the under tail coverts. 



Rallidae. 

 Eulabeornis STRIATU3 JOUYi (Stegnegcr). 



1 adult cf , Mengtsze, Aug., 1910. 



Wing 122; this is maximum for the above race according to Stejne- 

 ger (Proc. U. S. nat. mus., 1886). 



Limnobaenus fuscus (Linne). 

 14 specimens, Mengtsze, May, June, 1910. 



Amaurornis phoenicura (Forster). 



2 c^'s, Mengtsze, March, May. 



Gallinula chloropus orientalis Horsfield. 

 10 specimens, Mengtsze, Feb., May. 



Colymbidae. 



Tachybaptus fluviatilis philippensis (Bonnaterre). 

 1 adult, 1 immature, Mengtsze, Sept., Nov. 



