38. AMACRORSIS. 1.55 



d. (S ad. sk. Mysol, July 27 (Hoerlf). Twoeddale Coll. 



e. Ad. sk. Eockiiigliam Bay, Queensland. Gould Coll. 



f. 1mm. sk. Thirsty Sound, Ivoc-kinf,'ham Salvia-Godman Coll. 



Bay (J. 7'. Coch-n-ll). 

 (I. 2 i'lii". sk. Dulve of York Island, Aug. Rev. G. Brown [C.l. 



//. $ ad. sk. Kabuliadai, New Britain. llev. G. Brown ^C. 



f. tS ad. sk. Ka])abadai, New Britain, Feb. Tweeddale CoU.^ 



( G. Brown). 

 k,l. (i ^ ad. New Britain, June (Z>;-. A7«jn- Sliarpe Coll. 

 sk. Schmidt). 



3. Amaurornis akool. 



Ilallus nifrer, Frnnhl. {nee Lath.) P. Z. S. 1881, p. 124. 



I'orzana akool, >SykeH, P. Z. S. 1832, p. I(i4 (Deccan) ; B/i/th, Cat. li. 

 Mus. As. fSoc. p. 284 (1849: Chaibasa, Calcutta); Jerd. B. Ind. 

 iii. p. 722 (1864) ; Bli/th,Ibis, 18t)7,p. 171 ; Hume, Xests ^- Etjgx, 

 Ind. B. p. (302 ( 1873)'; Adam, Str. F. i. p. 398 (1873: Sambhur); 

 Butler, Str. F. iv. p. 21 (1870: Mt. Aboo), v. p. 224 (1877: 

 Milana) ; Ball, Str. F. vii. p. 229 (1878 : Ganges to Godaveri) ; 

 Hume, t. c. p. 489 (Calcutta) ; id. op. cit. viii. p. 113 (1879) ; Butler, 

 Cat. B. Sind, etc. p. 07 (1879: Deesa, breeding in August) ; id. 

 Cat. B. S. Bomb. Pres. p. 110 (1880 : not seen) ] Davidson, Str. F. 

 X. p. 322 (1882: \V. Kbandeish) ; Stcinh. ^- Barnes, Ibis, 1885, 

 p. 135 (xMhow); McGregor, Str. F. x. p. 441 (1887: Belgaum, 

 breeding) ; Tai/lor, t. c. p. 46(3 (Manzeerabad, breeding) ; Hume, 

 Str. F. xi. p. •■!28 (1888: N. Kliasia Hills): Gates, cd. Hume's 

 Nests Si- E(/<js Ind. B. iii. p. 396 (1890) ; Barnes, Journ. Bomb. Soc. 

 N. H. vi. 'pi. to p. \-2d (1891 : G^«r), 



Gallinula inodesta. Swains. An. in Mejiag. p. 348 (1837). 



IJallus griseopectus, Gray, List GralUc Brit. Mus. p. 117 (1844: 

 nom. nudum). 



Ortygometra griseopectus, Hodgs. Icon. ined. in Brit. Mus., Gralla, 

 A])]), pi. is;} (no. 929) ; Grai/, Cat. Mamm. etc. Nejjal 2»es. Hvdgs. 

 p. 7o (1863). 



Corethrura akool, Gray, Gen. B. iii. p. 595 (1846). 



Corethrura modesta. Gray, t. c. p. 595 (1846). 



IIypot:cnidia akool, Bp. C. R. xliv. p. 599 (1856). 



Ortygometra akool. Gray, Iland-l. B. iii. p. G2, no. 10454 (1871). 



Gallinula (Amaui'ornis) cocciueipes, Slater, Ibis, 1891, p. 44 

 (Swatow). 



Gallinula coccineipea, Styan, Ibis, 1891, pp. 235, 501 (Shanghai) : 

 De La Touche, Ibis, 1892, p. 493, pi. xii. (Swatow, Tajang Hills). 



Adult male. General colour above uniform olive-brown, the head 

 and neck like the back : Aviiig-coverts like the back ; bastard-wing, 

 primary-coverts, and quills dusky brown, externally chocolate-brown: 

 the inner secondaries olive like the back ; lores, eyebrows, sides of 

 face, and under surface of body dark slaty grey : fore part of cheeks 

 and throat white ; lower abdomen and vent slightly more vinaceous ; 

 sides of bod)' and under tail-coverts dark olive-brown, as also the 

 under wing-coverts : " bill greenish ; legs and feet fleshy brown or 

 livid purple; iris brown" {T. C. Jerdon). Totallength lO'o inches, 

 culmen 1*25, wing 5, tail 2-3, tarsus 1-85. 



The type of Amaurornis coccineipt's has been kindly lent to mc by 



