47. GALLICREX. 183 



vaceous " (//. Durnford). Total length 9 inches, culmen 1*15, 

 wing 5-3, tail 2-3, tarsus I'fiS, middle toe and claw 2"4. 

 I/ah. The same as that of the genus. 



a, b, c. Ad. sk. Bogota, U.S. Colombia. Salvin-Godmau Coll. 



d. Imm. .sk. Brazil. M. Clauasen [P.]. 



'') /• cJ $ imm. Pelotas, lUo Grande do Salvin-Godmau Coll. 



sk. Sul, ]?razil {Joyner). 



(I. Ad. sk. Espartillar, near Buenos H. Durnford, Esq. 



Apes, Sei)t. 10. [C.]. 



h. cJ ad. sk. Santiago, Chili {LeijholJ). Salvin-Godman Coll. 



i. 2 ad. sk. Coquimbo Lagoon, Cliili, Salvin-Godman Coll. 



Nov. (A. 11. Markham). 



k. Juv. sk. Central Chili {E. C. Reed). Salvin-Godman Coll. 



l-t. Ad. et imm. Central Chili. Berkeley James Coll. 



47. GALLICREX. 



Type. 



Gallicrex, Blyth, Cat. B. Mm. A». Hoc. p. 2S3 (1849) G. ciuerea. 



Hypnodes, Ixcichenh. St/sf. JVut. p. xxi (18o2) G. cinerea. 



Gallinulopha, L'p. Aim. Sci. Nat. (4) i. p. 150 (18.54) G. cinerea. 



Range. Indian Peninsula and Ceylon, through the Burmese 

 countries to China and Japan : south to the Philippines, Java, 

 Sumatra and Borneo. 



1. Gallicrex cinerea. 



Crested Gallinule, Lath. (rcn. Si/n. iii. pt. i. p. 2i!7(178o). 



Fulica cinerea, Gm. Si/sf. i^'at. i. p. 702 (1788). 



Gallinula cristata, Lath. Ind. Orn. ii. p. 773 (1790, ?!cc Fulica cristata, 



oj). cif. p. 779); Griiy, Cat. Gralhe etc. Brit. Miis. p. 123 (1844: 



Manila; Java); id. Gi'ti. B. iii. p. .'599 (1845); Schl. Mus. Pays- 

 Bus, llalli, p. 39 (1865); Gray, Hand-l. B. iii. p. 67, no. lOoll 



(1871) ; id. Fasc. B. China, p. 7 (1871); Vorderm. Xat. Tijdschr. 



Nederl. Ind. xlii. p. 110 (1882). 

 Gallinula plumbea, FiriU. N. Diet. d'Hist. Nat. xii. p. 404 (1817). 

 Gallinula cinerea, Fieill. t. c. p. 404 (1817); Marten.% J.f. O. 1800, 



p. 2!t (Manila). 

 Gallinula higubris, Ilorsf. Tran-f. Linn. Soc. xiii. p. 195 (1820) ; 



Gray, Fasc B. China, pi. x. (1871). 

 Gallinula gularis, Jlorrf. t. c. p. 195. 

 Galhnula na-via. Less. Traite, p. 534 (1831); Pucker. Rev. et May. 



de '/.onl. 1851, p. 509. 

 Gallinula porphyrioides, Less. t. c. p. 534 ; Pucker, t. c. p. 509. 

 Kallus rufe.scens, Jerd. Madr. Journ, xii. p. 205 (1840 : Cochin). 

 Gallicrex cristata, Blyth, Cat. B. Mus. As. Soc. pp. 283, 1660 (1849: 



Calcutta); Hirinh. //'>/,<, 1861, p. 50 (Canton; Foochow), p. 411 



(Amoy) ; Scl. P. Z. S. 1863, p. 223 (Banjarmassin) ; Jerd. B. hid. 



iii. p. 710 (1804); Swinh. Il>ix, 18(>t), p. 297 (Fonnosa) ; Blyth, 



Iln's, 1807, p. 171 ; Hume, Ibis, 1870, p. 4:!8 (Tippera) ; Swinh. 



P. Z. S. 1S71, p. 414 (S. Cliina to Szechu.-n) ; Iloldstc. P. Z. S. 



1872, p. 475 (Colombo) ; Godw.-Aust. J. A. S. Beng. xii. p. 142 



(1872 : Khasia Hill.*) ; Adam, Str. F. i. p. 3!)8 (1873 : Sambhur) ; 



Sdmd. Ucc. Born. Y>- 340 (1874); B/i/th S,- Wald. B. Biinn. 



p. 101 (1875) ; Hume, Sir. F. v. pp. 247, 829 (Sind) : id. Str. F. 



vii. p. 187 (1878); Skarpe, Ibis, 1879, p. 271 (Lawas River) ; 



