.")". roitPiiYitio. 20l 



distinct wasli of blue or green upon the back, being in fact more 

 dingily coloured. None of the ilaoassar birds show so much green 

 lustre on the back as those froiu Java, but they have the same 

 greenish-blue thighs and are apparently specifi(;ally identical. The 

 Javan bird when in full plumage seems to have two swollen lateral 

 ridges to the hinder part of the frontal shield. 



The Macassar skins have rather smaller bills, and have not the 

 lateral ridges of the frontal shield so developed as in Javan 

 examples, but L believe that the birds from Southern Celebes will 

 be found not to be distinct from the Javan bird. It is probable also 

 that the species extends to Xorthern Celebes, as some of the speci- 

 mens from tiorontalo in the Leyden Museum appear to be the same 

 as Javan birds, wlnle those from Aycr Tannas and Tondano are 

 P. siiKd-ajdinus. 



llah. Java, Sumatra, S.E. IJorueo, and Southern Celebes. 



a d. Ad.sk. ia.\-A (Ilursfield). India Museum. 



(Types of P. indicus.) 

 e,f. Imm. sk. Java. Tweeddale Coll. 



</.' S !id. sk. Java {Dinrd). Salvin-Uodman Coll. 



//, ('. d 2 ad. sk. Macassir, Celebes. Wallace Coll. 



k, I. Ad. sk. :Macassar ( Wallace). Tweeddale Coll. 



(i. Porphyrio edwardsi. 



Torphyrio indicus, Ei/ton (>iec Uor.<f.), P. Z. S. 1839. p. 107 (Malacca). 

 TorpliVrio edwardsij Elliot, Aim.' X. H. (5) i. p. 9S (1878: Cochin 



Chiiia; Siam); id. titr. F. vii. p. -23, pi. 2 (1878); Tiraut, Bull. 



Comm. Ayric. Cochin Chine, (3) i. p. 160 (1879). 

 Porpliyrio smaragdiuotis {nee T.), Scl. Ibis, 18t54, p. 246, note 



(Siani). 

 rorpliyrio calvus (nee J'.), Kelhum, Ibis, 1882, p. 186 (Pemk) ; 



Hume, Sir. F. viii. p. 70 (1879: Malacca). 



Adult male. Similar to P. calvus, but generally hoary grey on 

 the sides of the face and throat as well as the hind neck, therein 

 resembling 7'. />o//oc<7(7K(/».f : "bill datk red. shaded with brown; 

 iris deep red "' ( W. Davison). Total length IS inches, culmcn and 

 frontal shield 2-S, wing lO-l, tail ;3-4, tarsus ;5-45, middle toe and 

 claw 4-;J5. 



This species is to my mind very doubtfully distinct from P. calvus 

 of Java, for I believe that the hoary grey appearance of the face 

 and neck is merely caused by the abrasion of the feathers, as is 

 apparently the case with P. poUocephahnt. J)ark-faced specimens 

 occur in the Malayan Peninsula which I can hardly distinguish from 

 P. calvus. 



Hal). From Cochin China and Siam, south to the Malayan 

 Peninsula. 



a e. Ad. sk. Cochiu Cliina. M- E. Pierre ^P.]. 



J-k. Ad. sk. Vpiuuv^ {Dr. Cantor). India Museum. 



'l-o. Ad. sk. Kliing. Salangorc, Jan. 20 ( W. Hume Coll. 



Davifon). 



