26. rOKZANA. 101 



(j'. Ad. sk. Trinidad. Old Collection. 



h'\i",k". Ad. et Union Island, Wt-st Indies, yalviu-Goduian Coll. 



iinni. sk. Oct., Ajail (Z>. W. /Smith). 



I" p". Ad. et St. \ineent, Oct., Jan. {D. H'. Salviu-Godman Coll. 



imm. sk. Siiiit/i). 



(/'. (S ad. sk. .Mitcalle Parish, Jamaica, Dec. Salvin-Codman Coll. 



( Jr. Onburn). 



/•". Sternum. Jamaica. Gosse Coll. 



3. Porzana fluminea. 



Rallus novaj hollaudiic, Cuo. M88. in Mus. Paris; Less. Traite, 

 p. b'-M (1831 ; descr. nulliij ; Fucker, liev. et May. de Zoul. Ibol, 

 p. 278. 



I'orzana fluminea, Gould, P. Z. S. 1842, p. 139 ; id. B. Audr. vi. 

 pi. 7y (1848); id. Handb. B. Amtr. ii. p. 339 (18rw); lininsat/, 

 Proc. Linn. Hoc. N. 6". JF. i. p. 193 (1876;, ii. p. 199 (1877) ; lU. 

 P. Z. 8. 1877, p. 345 (Queensland) ; Aorth, Proc. Linn. Sue 

 N. S. W. (2) ii. p. 1779 (1888: Cumberland district); Jiamsai/, 

 Tab. List Austr. B. p. 23 (1888). 



Ortygometra fluminea. Gray, List GrallcB Brit. Mus. p. 118 (1844) ; 

 id. Gen. B. in. p. 593 (1846). 



Torzaua novie-liollaudi:e, Bp. C. R. xliii. p. 599 (1850). 



Ortygometra n(jv;e-lnillandi;e, Gray, JLind-l. B. 'in. p. (j2, no. 10452 

 (1871) ; Heine v^- lieiclten. Noinencl. Mus. Ilein. p. 319 (1890). 



Adult. General colour above olivaceous brown, dotted all over 

 with white spots and tiny streaks, the feathers centred with black ; 

 wing-coverts like the back, but more uniform, less plentifully 

 sjjottcd with white ; bastard-wing, primary-coverts, and quills 

 olivaceous brown, with white margins to the bastard-wing featiiers 

 and the first primary; the innermost secondaries centred with 

 blackish and spotted with -wiiite like the back ; tail-featlurs 

 olivaceous brown, with dusky centres ; crown of head exactly like 

 the back, the forehead dark slaty grey, blackish at the base and on 

 the lores and base of cheeks ; sides of face slaty grey, the ear- 

 coverts shaded with brown and dotted with white, like the sides 

 of the neck ; throat and entire breast dark slaty grey ; the abdomen 

 white ; sides of body black, barred with white ; under tail-coverts 

 white, with a mesial patch of black on the vent ; under wiug- 

 coverts blackish, with whitish edges, the edge of the wing white ; 

 axillaries dusky brown, with wliite bars ; quills uniform dusky 

 brown below : " bill olive-green, orange-red at the base ; feet dark 

 olive-green " (J. Gouhl). Total length 7 inches, culmen O'S, wing 

 4*1, tail 2*2, tarsus 1*2, middle toe and claw 1-5. 



Hah. Australia. 



a. Ad. St. South Australia (J. Gould). Sir G. Grey [P.]. 



h. Ad. sk. New South Wales. Gould Coll. 



f. Ad. sk. New South Wales. Hume Coll. 



</, e. Ad. sk. Queensland (J. T, Cockerell). Salvin-Godman CoU 



