200 RALI.lDj:. 



(/' . $ ad. sk. Assoon, March 6 ( W. Lim- Tweeddale Coll. 



horg). 



h",i". 5 ad.sk. KsiBoon (W. Davison). Hume Coll. 



h". Ad.sk. Yeabou, March 2 {W. Davi- Hume Coll. 



son ) . 



t', m", n". India. Zoological Society. 



Skeletons.- 



4. Porphyrio bemmeleni. 



Porphyrio bemmeleni, Bitttik. Notes Leyd. Mits. xi. p. 191 (1880 : 

 Lake Toba, Sumatra). 



Adult (type of species). Similar to P. poliocephaJus, but differs in 

 havino; a grey wash over the head, face, and throat, and in having 

 the sides of the body blue instead of purplish blue. {Mas. Lugd.) 



Hah. Sumatra. 



5. Porphyrio calvus. 



Porphvrio calvus, Vieill. N. Diet. (THist. Nat. .\xviii. p. 28 (1819) ; 

 EUiot, Str. F. vii. p. 16 (1878). 



Porphj'rio indicus, Horsf. Trans. Linn. Soc. xiii. p. 194 (1820) ; Gray, 

 Gen. B. iii. p. 698 (1845) ; Schl. Mus. Pays-Bns, Ealli, p. 55 

 (1865) ; Finsch ^- Hartl. Faun. C'entralpolyn. p. 170 (1867); Gray, 

 Hand-l. B.n\. p. 64, uo. 10481 (1871); Waldm, 7V. Z. S. vii. 

 p. 92 (1872, pt.) ; Salvad. Ucc. Bor?i. p. 342 ; Meyer, Ibis, 1879, 

 p. 141 (Celebes) ; Vorderm. Nat. Tijdschr. Nederl. Ind. xlii. p. 118 

 (1883); Blastus,J. f. 0. 1884, p. 219 (S.E.Borneo; breeding); 

 Guillem. P. Z. S. 1885, p. 560 (Limbotto) ; Vorderm. Nat. Tijdschr. 

 Nederl. Ind. xlvi. p. 222(1887), xlix. p. 416(1889: Sumatra); 

 Everett, Journ. Straits Branch Asiat. Soc. 1889, p. 203. 



Adult male. General colour above dusky blackish, but glossed 

 with purplish blue on the mantle and to a less extent on the lower 

 back and rump ; scapulars and wings olive-greenish ; the lesser 

 wing-coverts cobalt-blue ; median and greater coverts olive-green 

 with bluish bases ; bastard-wing, primary-coverts, and quills dusky 

 blackish, externally dull cobalt -blue; inner secondaries olive-green ; 

 tail-feathers blackish, washed with olive ; cro'mi of head blackish, 

 as also the feathers above the eye ; nape and hind neck, as also the 

 sides of the neck, rich purplish blue ; lores, eyebrow, and sides of 

 face dusky blackish, with a few spots of blue on the cheeks ; throat 

 dusky, spotted with greenish blue ; lower throat, fore neck, and chest 

 bright greenish cobalt, contrasting with the rest of the under 

 surface, which is rich purplish blue ; abdomen blackish ; sides of 

 lower flanks and thighs greenish blue ; vent black ; under tail-coverts 

 white ; under wing-coverts greenish blue ; axillaries black, edged 

 with greenish blue ; quills below black, like the lower greater coverts 

 and lower primary-coverts : " feet deep flesh-colour ; claws light 

 horn-colour ; iris carmine " (A. J. Vordennan). Total length 15-o 

 inches, culmeu with frontal shield 2-45, wing 9-4, tail o'o, tarsus 

 '&'2o, mid toe and claw 3'8. 



Other Javan specimens, probably ft males, do not show such a 



