26. roRZANA. 113 



ciilmoQ U-5, wing 3, tail 1-7, tarsus 1*05, middle too and claw 

 1-27. 



Adult female. Similar to tho male in colour. Total length 6"7 

 inches, oulmcn 0-75, wing b-15, tail 1-6, tarsus 0-95, middle toe and 

 claw 1'3. 



Young. Differs from the adult in having the throat white and the 

 centre of chest and abdomen for the most part white. 



Hah. Oceania. Tonga group ; Samoa and Fiji Islands ; New 

 Hebrides ; l^cw Caledonia ; Australia and Tasmania ; Hew Zealand ; 

 Chatham Islands ; Philippine Islands. 



fl.Ad.sk. ? Old Coll. (TypeofCmr 



2)lumbea.) 



b. cJ ad. sk. Ovalau, Fiji Islands, Aug. Voy. H.M.S. ' Herald.' 



{F. M. Jtai/ner). 



c, d. 2 ad. sk. Ngau Islaud/Oct. {F. M. Voy. H.M.S. ' Herald.' 



Rayner). 



e.c? juv.sk. Viti Levu, Jan. 22 (JE;. i. Tweeddale Coll. 



Layard). 



f. Ad. sk. Savage Island. Eev. J. S. Whitmee [0.]. 



g,h. c? 5 ad. sk. Aneiteum, New Hebrides, Voy. II.M.S. ' iiattle- 



Dec. 8 (J. Macyillivray) . snake.' 



i. Ad. sk. Australia. Salviu-Godman Coll. 



k. Ad. sk. Australia. Gould Coll. 



I, m. Ad. sk. West Australia. Purchased. 



n. 2 ad. sk. West Australia, April. Hume CoU. 



0. Ad. sk. South Australia. Sir G. Grey [P.]. 



^. Ad. sk. New Zealand. W. Mantell, Esq. [C.]. 



q. Ad. sk. New Zealand. Percy Earl, Esq. [P.]. 



r. Ad. sk. Stewart's Island, N.Z. Capt. Stokes [P.]. 



8. Imm. sk. Chatham Islands. H. O. Forbes, Esq. [C.]. 



t. Juv. sk. Manila, Luzon {Maitland Tweeddale CoU. 



Ileriot). 



12. Porzana galapagoensis. 

 Porzana spilonota (pt.), Salvin, Trans. Z. S. ix. p. oOO (187t)). 



AiliiU hialc. Similar to 0. tabuensis, but distinguished by the 

 absence of the white edge to the first primary and also by the 

 shorter wings and tail. Total length o-o inches, culmen I-G, wing 

 2't», tail 1, tarsus 1, middle toe and claw 1-2. 



IJab. Galapagos Archipelago ; exact island not indicated. 



a. Ad. sk. (ialapagos Islands. Voy. H.M.S. ' Beagle.' 



b. Ad. sk. Galapagos Islands. Capt. Bui-nett & 



Admiral Fitzroy [P.]. 



13. Porzana bicolor. 



Porzana bicolor, Wakhn, Ann. ^- May. Nat. Hist. (4) ix. p. 47 

 (1872); Godwin-Austen, J. A. S. Bcng. xliii. p. 174 (1874: 

 Shilloug); Huniv, Str. F. viii. p. 113 (1879) ; id. ^- Marsh. Game 

 B. Ind. ii. p. 22.3, pi. 38. tig. 1 (187!)) ; Hume, Str. F. xi. p. 329 

 (1888: Mauipur). 



Porzana elwesi, Hume, Str, F. iii. p. 283 note (1875). 



Adult. General colour above rufous brown, the wing -coverts and 



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