34 KALLID^. 



p. 70 (1879: Malav reiiinsula), p. 113; id. ^- Marsh. Game B. 



Ind. ii. p. 245, pi. '4:3. iig. U (1879j ; Vidal,Str. F. ix. p. 87 



(1880: S. Konkau) ; Biiif/htm, t. c. p. 187 (Kaukaryit) ; Hume, 



t. c. p. 259 (Cachar) ; Bui/er, Cat. B. S. Bomb. Fres. p. 80 (1880) ; 



Wardlaw Eamsay, P. Z. S. 1880, p. 15 (Suuiatraj ; Xelham, Ibis, 



1882, p. 189 (Siiifrapore) ; Nichols. Ibis, 1883, ^. 257 (Sumatra); 



Gates, Handh. B. Br. Burm. ii. p. 339 (1883) ; Davison, Str. F. x. 



p. 415 (1883 : Wviiaad) ; Terri/, t. c. p. 480 (1887 : Palaui Hills) ; 



Guillem. P. Z. S'. 1885, p. 273 (Sulu Isl.) ; Hume, Str. F. xi. 



p. 329 (1888 : Manipur ; Sylhet ; N.E. Cachar) ; Sharpe, Ibis, 



1890, pp. 145, 285 (Labuan) ; Oates, ed. Hume^s Nests ^" F'/ffS 



Ind. B. iii. p. 399 (1890) ; Barnes, J. Boinb. 8oc. vi. pi. to p. 129, 



fig. 913 (1890). 

 Kallus iadicus, Reichenb. [nee B/i/tii) Handb., Fulic. Novit. lix. tigs. 



2575-76 (1851, e.v. Verr. MH-S.). 

 Lewinia albiventer, Bp. C. R. xliii. p. 599 (1856). 

 Eulabeornis celebensis {nee Q. 4" Cf.), Pelz. Bets. ' Novara,^ Vmj. 



p. 134 (1805; av. juv.). 

 Eulabeornis striatus. Gray, Hund-l. B. iii. p. 57, no. 10378 (1871); 



id. Fasc. B. China, p. 6 (1871). 

 Eulabeornis albiventer, Grai/, t. c. p. 67, no. 10389 (1871). 

 Gallinula gularis, Gray, Fasc. B. China, pi. ix. (1871). 

 Hvpotffiuidia jnuyi, Stej?i. Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. ix. p. 362 (1886) ; 



'Styan, Ibis, 1891, p. 500 (Shanghai ; breeds). 



Adult male. General colour above olive-brown, the feathers 

 centred -with black and barred with wavy, non-continuous bars of 

 black ; wiug-coverts like the back and similarly barred, as also the 

 inner secondaries; bastard-wing and primary-coverts and quills 

 blackish, with pure white spots and bars ; tail-feathers blackish, 

 washed with olive-brown and narrowly barred with white ; crown 

 of head, hind neck, and sides of neck chestnut, becoming brighter 

 on the latter, the centre of the crown somewhat blackish ; lores, 

 sides of face and ear-coverts, lower throat, fore neck, and breast 

 slaty grey ; chin and upper throat white ; sides of body and flanks, 

 abdomen, thighs, and under tail-coverts, as well as the under wing- 

 coverts and axillaries, black, barred with white, the bands much 

 broader on the sides of the body : " basal half of bill rose-pink, the 

 anterior half horn-colour ; legs and toes deep olive-brown : claws 

 pale brown; iris red" {E. W. Oates). Total length 9-7 inches, 

 culmen 1-5, wing 4-75, tail l-So, tarsus 1-45. 



Adult fcmcde. Similar to the male, but paler in colour and 

 decidedly more olive, the head not so bright chestnut ; the white 

 bars on the lower parts much tinged with fulvous. Total length 

 9-4 inches, culmen 1-4, wing 4-35, tail 1-6, tarsus 1'4. 



In winter the plumage is entirely overshaded with olive-brown, 

 and there is a distinct fulvescent tinge on the abdomen and under 

 tail-coverts, almost hiding the black bars on the latter. 



Younq. Differs from the adults in having the bill black, and 

 the upper surface much darker and without any white spots and 

 bars ou the back ; the head blackish, and the back darker olive- 

 brown, with broad black centres to the feathers ; no rufous on the 

 head or sides of crown and sides of neck. 



