162 EALLID^. 



w"^, .2'. Ad. sk. Hankow, summer {S. S.). Seebohm Coll. 



?/'. Ad. sk. [w. 6-6]. Formosa, Marcli {R. S.). Salvin-Godman Coll. 



z\ Ad.sk. [W.6-65J. Formosa (E. S.). Hume Coll. 



a"-«?^ Ad. sk. Formosa, Dec, March (7?. *S'.). Seebohm Coll. 



Subsp. a. Amaurornis insularis. 



Gallinula pbnjniciira (nee Forst.), Hume, Str. F. ii. p. 300 (1874) ; 

 Walden, Ibis, 1874, p. 417. 



Adult male. Similar to E. plicenicura, but everj'whcre much 

 darker, being dingy olive above, and having the sides of the breast 

 blackish with only a slight wash of dull olive, and scarcely any 

 appearance of slaty grey ; the white on the forehead and eyebrow 

 much more extended than in true A. plueniaira. Total length 12 

 inches, culmen from base of feathers 1-9, wing 7, tail 2-6, tarsus 

 2-4, middle toe 2-7. 



Adult female. Similar to the male in colour. "Bill pale green, 

 the frontal shield and base of culmen deep red ; feet deep yellow ; 

 iris dull pale red " ( W. Davison). Total length 12 inches, culmen 

 from base of feathers 1-75, wing 6-4, tail 2*7, tarsus 2-35, middle 

 toe and claw 2-75. 



In, another female specimen from Camorta the bill is marked 

 "lemon-yellow" and the feet " chrome-j-ellow." 



Hah. Andaman Islands and Nicobars. 



a. 5 ad. fw. 6'5]; South Andamans, March, April Tweeddale Coll. 



h. Ad. sk. [w. 6'3], (R. G. W. R.). 



c,d. S ad. [w. 6-6- Port Blair, July, Aug. [R. J. Hume Coll. 



6"8] ; e. $ ad. sk. Wimberley). 

 , [w. 6-1]. 



/. S ad. [w. 7] ; g, Aberdeen, April (7f'. Davison'). Hume Coll. 



h. 2 ad. sk. [w. 



5-9-62]. 



i. 2 ad. sk. [w. 6-2]. South Andamans, April 30 Hume Coll. 



( W. Davison), 



k. 2 ad. sk. [w. 6-3]. Eatchull, Nicobars, March 17 Hume Coll. 



{A. O. H). 



I, m. 2 ad. sk. [w. Camorta, Feb. {A. 0. H.). Hume Coll. 



6-3-6-6]. 



n. 2 ad. sk. [w. 6-3]. Trinkut Is., Jan. 31. Tweeddale Coll. 



39. ROUGETIUS. 



Tj'pe. 



Eougetius, Bp. C. R. xliii. p. 599 (1856) E. rougeti. 



Calamodromus, part., Reichen. in Heine i^ Reichen, 

 No7nencl. Mus. Hein. p. 322 (1890). 



Range. Confined to North-eastern Africa. 



1. Rougetius rougeti. 



Eallus rougeti, Guerin, Rev. Zool. 1843, p. 322; Des Murs, in 

 Lefebvre^s Toy. Abyss, p. 167, pi. xiii. (1845) ; Guerin <^- Lafr. in 

 Ferr. <.$• Galin. Toy. Abyss, iii. p. 253 (1847) ; Blanf. Geol. ^ Zool. 



