45. GALLINCLA. 169 



Hand-l. B. iii. p. GC, no. 10497 (1871); Salvad. Ann. Mus. Civic. 

 Geiwv. vii. p. 080 (187o). 



Ciallinula frontata, Wall. P. Z. S. 1803, pp. 35 rBouru), 4S7 (Flores) ; 

 Fi/isc'i, Sen-Guinea, p. 181 (ISCio) ; Wald. Trans. Z. S. viii. p. 93 

 (1872) ; Salvad. Ann. Mns. Genov. vii. p. 680 (l«7o), ix. p. 48 

 (1876 : Hall Bay) ; Br'wjtjem. Abhandl. nat. Ver. Bremen, v. p. 90 

 (1876: Celebes); Meyer, Ibis, 1879, p. 142 (Lakes of Lino, 

 Tondano, and Limbotto) ; Scdrad. Ann. Mi/s. Genov. xviii. p. 321 

 0882); id. Orn. Papuasia, .)-c. iii. p. 279 (1882); Blasim,J. f. O. 

 1884, p. 219 (S.E. Borneo; breeding); Kutter, t. c. p. 225; 

 Biasing, Zeitsckr. qes. Orn. iii. p. 156 (1886) ; Everett, Journ. 

 Straits Branch As.' Soc. 1889, p. 202. 



Gallinula tenebrosa (nee Gould), Ramsay, Proc. Linn. Soc. N. S. W. 

 i. p. 398 (1877: Port Moresby), iii. p. 298 (1878: Laloke River), 

 iv. p. 102 (1879). 



Adult male. Similar to G. tenehrosa, but darker grey above and 

 below, and distinguished by the red colour of the toes resembling 

 that of the tarsi : " bill and frontal shield red, excepting the terminal 

 third which is yellow ; feet red, the joints greenish ; bare part of 

 tibia olive-green behind, the hinder part of the tarsi dusky lead- 

 colour" (Wallace): "iris black" (IfAlhertis). Total length 14 

 inches, culmen and frontal shield I'To, wing 7, tail 2-5, tarsus 2'15, 

 middle toe and claw ;i"4. 



Adult female. Similar to the male in colour of plumage. Total 

 length 13-5 inches, culmen with frontal shield 2'Ul, wing 7, 

 tail 2-4, tarsus 1-4, middle toe and claw 3-3. 



Hob. Australia, Xew Guinea, and the Moluccas, as far as 

 Celebes ; S.E. Borneo. 



rt. Ad. sk. Celebes. Wallace Coll. 



b. Ad. sk. Menado. Tweeddale Coll. 



V. (S ad. sk. Makassar. A\'allace Coll. 



d. $ ad. sk. Bouru. Wallace Coll. 



(Type of species.) 



e. Ad.sk. Ceram. \\ allace Coll. 



/: Ad. sk. [Moluccas.] Tweeddale Coll. 



y. Ad. sk. Port Moresby. A. Goldie [C.]. 



8. Gallinula chloropus. 



The Water-Hen or Moor-Hen, Albin, Nat. Hist. B. ii. p. 60, pi. 72 



(1738). 

 Till' More-IIen, Albin, op. cit. iii. p. 86, pi. 91 (1740). 

 La Poule d'eau, Briss. Orn. vi. p. 3, pi. 1. figs. 1, 2 (1760) ; Daubent. 



PL Enl. ix. pi. 877; Buff. Hist. Nat. Ois. viii. p. 171, pi. 15 



(1781). 

 La petite Poule dVau, Bri.'ss. t. c. p. 6 (1760). 

 La grande Poule d'eau, Briss. t. c. p. 9 (1760). 

 P'ulica chloropus, Linn. Si/st. Nat. i. p. 258 (1706) ; Scop. Ann. I. 



p. 1(X5 (1769); Gm. Sy.'>f. Nat. i. p. 698 (1788); Pall. Zooyr. 



Bosso-Asiat. ii. p. 157 (1811). 

 Fulica fuscn, Linn. Syst. Nat. i. p. 257 (1766) ; Gm. Syst. Nat. i. 



p. 697 (1788). 

 La Poulette d'eau, Bitff. Hist. Nat. Ois. viii. p. 177 (1781). 

 La Glout, Buf. Hist. Naf. Ois. viii. p. 181 (1781). 



