38. AMAIRORXIS. 



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of wing white, forming a little patch on the lower primary-coverts : 

 " bill pea-green, with a bright orange-red spot at the base of the 

 iijjper mandible ; feet pale olivaceous yellow ; iris dark maroon- 

 brown " {E. A. Butler). Total length \'2-o inches, culmen 1*0, 

 wing 6"5, tail 2-8, tarsus 2-12, middle toe and claw 2-8. 



Adult female. Similar to the male in colour, but slightly smaller. 

 Total length 11"5 inches, culmen i'4, wing G'3, tail 2'4, tarsus 2'1, 

 middle toe and claw 2'5. 



I entirely agree with Colonel Lcgge as to the characters of the 

 young of this Water-Hen. The plumage is not only more olive- 

 brown and the chestnut of the underparts paler in tint, but the 

 brown of the crown is continued to the base of the bill, and in very 

 young birds the sides of the face are also dusky brown, leaving the 

 lores white ; the white underparts are considerably obscured by 

 dusky brown tips to the feathers, which have occasionally a barred 

 aspect. I also agree with Colonel Legge that the bird from Timor 

 {Amanrornis leucomeltnia) is inse])arable from the ordinary A. 

 phoenicura. I have also seen a specimen in the Rothschild collection 

 from Sumbawa (Guillemard), which is also quite similar to the 

 ordinary type. 



Hah. Nearly the whole of the Indian Peninsula and Ceylon, the 

 Burmese countries, and entire Indo-ilalayan region to Celebes, 

 Southern China below the Yangtze River, and Formosa. 



a-/. Ad.8k.[w.6-7- 



65]. 

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[w. 6-y-r.-2]. 



t. Ad. sk. [w. G-1]. 

 k, I. S 2 ad. sk. 



[w. 6-7-6-2]. 

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6-0-Gl]. 

 o. (fad. sk.[w.G'7]. 



p. Ad. sk. [w. 6-5]. 

 q. 2 jiiv. sk. 



r. cJad.sk.rw.rvol. 

 s. Ad. sk. [w. 6-1]. 

 t-w. cj 2 ad. sk. 



[w. (;-a-G-7]. 



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 «'. Ad. sk. [w. O'O 



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6-7]. 



Cevlon (S. Chapman ^- H. 



Nevill). 

 Cotta, W.r. Cevlon, March 



15 (nart). 

 Madras {Jerdoyi). 

 West Coast of Madi-as. 



Malabar. 



Belgaum, July 2 (E. A. But- 

 ler). 



Decoan (Si/kes). 



Bhadrachalan, N. of Goda- 

 verv River, March ID. 



Seoni", C.P. 



Saugoi-, July. 



Raipur, Jan. 



Dhidia. Khandeisb, June l."5 



(J. J)nvid,':on). 

 Rovee. Sind (Dr. Gould). 

 Sind, Oct. 6 {A. 0. Jl.). 

 Mount Aboo, June 23 (E. A. 



Butler). 

 Sanibliur (U. M. Adam). 

 Sanibliur {11. M. Adam). 

 Rareillv, May, June (A. 0. 



JL).- 

 Allahabad (J. Cockbui-n). 



Tweeddale Coll. 



Hume Coll. 



Gould Coll. 

 Hume Coll. 



Tweeddale Coll. 



Hume Coll. 



India Museum. 



"W. T. Rlanford, Esq. 



[P.]. 

 Ilunie Coll. 

 Hume Coll. 

 Hume Coll. 



Hume Coll. 



India ^luseum. 

 Hum.' (',.11. 

 Hume Coll. 



Hume Coll. 



Seebohm Coll. 

 Hume Coll. 



Hume Coll. 



