158 EALLIDJ5. 



Reid, Str. F. x. p. 73 (1881) ; Wardlaw Ranismj, Tweedd. Mem. 

 p. 659 (1881); Sharpe, P. Z. S. 1881, p. 800 (Saudakan) ; Muller, 

 J.f. O. 1882, p. 438 (Salancra) ; Nichols. Ibis, 1882, p. 65 (S.E. 

 Sumatra) ; Kelham, t. c. p. 188 (Perak) ; Davidson, Str. F. x. p. 322 

 (1882: Khandeish); Parker, Ibis, 1883, pp. 194, 195 (Ceylon); 

 Davison, Str. F. x. p. 415 (1883 : Mysore) ; Guillem. P. Z. S. 1885, 

 pp. 273 (Sula Isl.), 560 (Menado, Kema) ; BUttik. Notes Leyden 

 Mils. ix. p. 80 (1886: W. Sumatra) ; McGregor, Str. F. x. p. 441 

 (1887) ; Taylor, t. c. p. 466 (Manzeerabad) ; Hume, Str. F. xi. 

 p. 328 (1888 : Manipur) ; Everett, Juttrn. Str. Br. As. Soc. 1889, 

 p. 202 (Borneo) ; S/iarpe, Ibis, 1890, pp. 145, 285 (Labuan) ; Steere, 

 List B. ^ Mamm. Steere Ejcped. Philijyp. p. 25 (1390: Siquijor, 

 Marinduque) ; Gates, ed. Hume^s Nests i^ Eggs Ind. B. iii. p. 391 

 (1890) ; Reid, Cat. B. Lucknoio Mus. p. 254 (1890: Oudli). 



Tribonyx erythrura, Lieht. Nomencl. Av. p. 97 (1854). 



Erythra leucomelajna, Bp. C. R. xliii. p. 600 (1856) ; Guillem. 

 P. Z. S. 1885, p. 511 (Sumbawa) ; Salvad. Ann. Mus. Genov. viii. 

 p. 385 (1876 : Bouru). 



Erytbra major, Bp. tit supra. 



Erythra chinensis, Bp. C. R. xliii. p. 600 (1856). 



Erytbra javanica, Bj). t. c. 



Erythra chinensis (sic), Bp. t. c. 



Eallina phoeniciira, Wall. P. Z. S. 1863, p. 487 (Timor). 



Porzana, sp., Scl. P. Z. S. 1863, p. 223. 



IJalkis (Erythra) pboenicurus, Martens, J.f. O. 1866, p. 29 (Zam- 

 boanga). 



Amaurornis phcenicura, Sundev. Av. Meth. Tent. p. 132 (1872) ; 

 Salvad. Orn. Pap. iii. p. 278 (1882) ; Blasius, Zeitschr. ii. p. 311 

 (1885), iii. p. 158 (1886) ; Salvad. Ann. Mus. Civic. Genov. (2) iv. 

 p. 562 (1887 : Nias) ; id. t. c. p. 612 (Bhamo) ; Blasius, Ibis, 1888, 

 p. 374; id. Ornis, iv. p. 319 (Palawan) ; Salvad. Hf Gigl. Mem. R. 

 Accad. Sci. Torino, (2) xxxix. p. 142 (1888) ; Whitehead, Ibis, 1890, 

 p. 60. 



Gallinula phcenicura, var. leucomelaena, Briiggem. Abhandl. nat. 

 Ver. Bremen, v. p. 91 (1876). 



Erythrura phcenicura, Gates, Handb. B. Brit. Burm. ii. p. 348 (1883). 



Amaurornis leucomelaena, Salvad. Ann. Mus. Genov. xviii. p. 321 

 (1882); id. Orn. Papuasia, iii. p. 278 (1882: Bom'u). 



Ervthra leucomelsena-, Blasius {nee S. Midi.), J.f. O. 1884, p. 215 

 (S.E. Borneo). 



Pisyuolimuas phcenicura, Heine, in Heine ^~ Reichen. Nomencl. Mus. 

 Hein. p. 317 (1890). 



Adult male. General colour above dark slaty grey, with a slight 

 olive tinge ; lower back, rump, and upper tail-coverts dull brown ; 

 wing-coverts dark ashy grey ; quills dusky brown, externally ashy ; 

 iirst primary white along the outer edge : tail dark brown ; head 

 and neck dark ashy ; forehead, eyebrow, sides of face, sides of neck, 

 and under surface of bod)' pure white, separated from the grey of 

 the upper surface by a black shade which commences behind the 

 ear-coverts and extends to the sides of the body ; the feathers on 

 the sides of the breast particoloured, being black internally and 

 white externally ; sides of lower back, flanks, and under tail-coverts 

 deep chestnut ; the lower abdomen and thighs washed with light 

 rufous ; under wing-coverts and axillaries dark slate-colour; edge 



