206 



feet red ; iris bright oranoe-red" (./. Gould). Total length IG inches, 

 culmen and frontal shield 3, wing lO'o, tail 3-9, tarsus 3'7, middle 

 toe and claw -iS. 



The specimen shot by Mr. Wallace near Dorey seems to belong to 

 a small race, as the mng is only 9'8 inches and the middle toe and 

 claw 3'7. Dr. Coppinger's specimen from Boob\' Island also has the 

 wing 9'3 and the middle toe and claw 3'5 inches. Of a pair of 

 birds procured in N.W. Australia by the late Mr. Bowj'er Bower, 

 the female has the wing 10-2 inches and the middle toe and claw 

 4-4, while the male (which is younger, and a somewhat browner 

 bird) has the wing 10'6 inches. 



Hah. Australia and Tasmania, Norfolk Island, Lord Howe's 

 Island, Xew Zealand, New Guinea (Dorey). 



Tasmania. 



South Australia. 



Ashfield, New South Wales, 



May. 

 Queensland (/. T. Cockerell). 

 Moreton Bay. 

 Booby Isl., Torres Straits, 



Aug. (Dr. Coppinger). 

 North-west Australia (J. H. 



Bowyer Bower). 

 Dorey, New Guinea. 

 New Zealand. 

 New Zealand. 

 New Zealand. 

 New Zealand. 

 New Zealand. 

 Bay of Islands. 

 Dunediu, July. 

 Otago, Nov. 

 Australia. 

 Australia. 

 Australia. 



llonald Gunn, Esq. 



[P.]. 

 Sir G. Grey [P.]. 

 Hume Coll. 



Salvin-Godman Coll. 



Gould Coll. 



Voy. II.M.S. ' Alert.' 



Capt. Bow^'er Bower 



[P.]. ' 

 W^allace CoU. 

 Capt. Stokes [P.]. 

 Capt. Stokes [P. I. 

 Sir G. Grey [P.]. 

 New Zealand Co. 

 Percy Earl, Esq. [P.]. 

 Old Coll. 

 Hume Coll. 

 Hume Coll. 

 Salvin-Godman Coll. 

 Sharpe Coll. 

 Purchased. 



Subsp. o. Porphyrio pelewensis. 



Porphyrio melanotus (nee T.), Hartl. ^- Fimch, P. Z. S. 18:;8, pp. 8, 



117. 

 Poi-phvrio melanotus, var. pelewensis, Hartl. ^ Fiasch, F. Z. S. 

 ■ 1872, p. 107. 



Poi-phyrio pelewensis, Hartl ^- Finsch, P. Z. S. 1872, p. 107 ; Fimch, 

 Journ. Mus. Godeffr. Heft viii. p. 39 (1875). 



Adult. Similar to P. melanonotus, but with the quills externally 

 washed with greenish blue : " bill red ; legs and iris yellow " 

 (Kubary). Total length 15 inches, culmen with frontal shield 

 2-75, wing 8-9, tail 3-4, tarsus 3-3, middle toe and claw 4-1. 



Hab. Pelew Islands. 



Ad. .sk. 



Pelew Islands. 



Mr. Cohen [C.]. 



