2(). PORZAXA. 109 



s",t". Imm. sk. '^l^ri\\a.,L\\7.()n{Maitla)>d Hcriot). Tweodilale Coll. 



u". Ad. sk. Fokien, China. Gould Coll. 



I'". Ad. sk. C-Anton {Titckett). Tweeddale Coll. 



10", x". (S $ ad. Shanghai, April. F. W. Styan, Esq. 



sk. [P.]. 



f/". Juv. sk. Shanghai. Shanghai Museum. 



2". Ad. sk. Shanghai. Mrs. Ince [P.]. 



«\ Ad. sk. Shanghai, May. Consul Swinhoe 



[C.]. 



8. Porzana palustris. 



Porzana palustris, Gould, P. Z. S. 1842, p. 1.39; id. B. Ausfr. vi. 

 pi. 80 (1848) ; £p. C. R. xliil. p. oU9 (1856) ; Gould, Handb. B. 

 Ausfr. ii. p. 340 (I860) ; Ramsay, Proc. Linn. Soc. N. S. W. i. 

 p. 193 (1876), ii. p. l>00 (1877); Ramsa,/, P. Z. S. 1877, p. 34o 

 (Queensland) ; Nortfi, Proc. Linn. Soc X. S. If^. vii. p. 53, pi. 3. 

 fig. 14 (18S2 : ecrg) ; id. op. cit. (2) i. p. 1172 (1886), iii. p. 1779 

 (1888: Cumberland distr.) ; Ramsay, Tab. List Ausfr. B. p. 24 

 (1888) ; Xorfh, Nesfs >!§■ ^yr/.s Ausfr. B. p. 332 (1890). 



Ortvgometra palustris, Gratj,'Lisf Grallce Brif. Mas. p. 119 ri844) : 

 id. Gen. B. iii. p. 593 (1846) ; id. Hand-l. B. iii. p. 62, no.' 10453 

 (1871) ; Reichen. ^- Heine, Nomencl. Mits. Hein. p. 319 (1890). 



Adidt male. Similar to P. i«f('?v»«?(rt, but everywhere paler; the 

 throat and breast pale ashy grey : centre of abdomen white : " bill 

 and feet olive-brown " (J. Gould). Total length 6 inches, 

 culmen O'Go, wing 3-2, tail 1*6, tarsus 0"95, middle toe and 

 claw 1'4. 



Young. Differs from the adult exactly in the same way as the 

 young of P. infermedia. 



Hah. Australia. 



a, b. Ad. St. South Australia (J. Gould). Sir G. Grev [P.]. 



c. Ad. sk. South Australia {J. Gould). Sir G. Grev [P.]. 



d, ,'. Ad. sk. Xew South Wales. Gould Coll. 

 /. .luv. sk. Dobrovde, N. S. W. Gould Coll. 



(I, h. Ad. sk. Qijeeusland (J. T. Cockerell). Salvin-Godman Coll. 



(■. Ad.sk. Wauganui Kiver, New Zea- Percy Earl, Esq. [P.^ 



land. 



9. Porzana spiloptera. 



Porzana spiloptera, c.r Burnt. J/.S'S'., 2)i/r//f. Ibis, 1877, p. 194, pi. 3 



(Buenos Ayres). 

 Porzana salinazi (nee Philippi), Scl. ^- Hudson, Ari/ent. Orn. ii. 



p. 155(1889). 



Adult male (tj^pe of species). General colour above dark olive- 

 brown, the feathers with broad black centres ; wing-coverts with a 

 good deal of black, which is crossed by bars of white, giving 

 an appearance of being barred with black and white ; the 

 outer coverts and bastard-wing brown, with a few white spots 

 on the edge of the latter ; primary-coverts uniform blackish 

 brown ; quills brown, the first primary notched with whitish sjKjts 



