80 rARRID.E. 



1834, p. 216 (Lake Baiikan, S.E. Borneo) ; Kutter, t. c. p. 226 



(egg); Elliot, Auk, v. p. 302 (1888); Everett, Joum. Straits 



Branch Asiat. Sou. 1889, p. 204. 

 Metopidius gallinaceus, Gray, List Grallce Brit. Mus. p. 114 (1844). 

 Hvdralector cristatus (nee V.); Reichenb. A v. Si/st. Nat., Fulicariee, 



Taf. 112. figs. 1126-29 (1852) : Garrod, P. Z.'S. 1873, p. 34. 

 Parra cristata {nee. V.), Schl. Mus. Pays-Bas, Ralli, p. 68 (1865: 



Gorontalo ; Liinbotto ; Wawouj ; Gray, Hand-l. B. iii. p. 70, 



no. 10539 (1871). 

 Hvdralector novaB-hollandire, Salvad. Orn. Papuasia etc. iii. p. 309 



"(1881) ; Ramsay, Tab. List Austr. B. p. 21, note (1888). 



Adult. General colour above bronzy brown, more dingy on the 

 lower back and rump ; upper tail-coverts and tail black, all but the 

 ceutre tail-feathers white at base; wing-coverts like the back; 

 marginal coverts, bastard-wing, primary-coverts, and quills black, 

 with a slight bluish gloss; inner secondaries bronzy brown like the 

 back ; forehead behind the lappet to centre of crown, sides of face, 

 and sides of neck golden straw-colour; throat white, inclining to 

 golden straw-colour on the fore-neck ; an Lnfra-loral streak of black 

 from the fore part of the cheeks to the fore part of the eye ; hinder 

 crown black, extending in a broad line down the hind-neck and 

 overspreading the upper mantle ; chest, breast, and sides of body, 

 as well as the under wing-coverts and axillaries, sooty black; entire 

 abdomen, lower flanks, thighs, and under tail-coverts white ; quills 

 glossy black below : " bill greenish grey at the extreme tip, then 

 black to near the nostrils ; the basal portion of the upper mandible 

 and the helmet aurora-red ; base of the lower mandible light 

 primrose-yellow ; fore part of tibia red, with a mixture in patches 

 of yellow and greenish grey : iris light sulphur- yellow : eyelash 

 light ash-grey " (J. Gould). Total length 9 inches, culrnen with 

 frontal lappet 1"8, wing 5"0, tail 1*6, tarsus 2-4, middle toe and 

 claw 3"6. 



Adult female. Resembles the male in colour, but is decidedly- 

 larger ; a male from Tort Essington measures 7 inches in length 

 and has the wing 4*7, while a female from the same place measures 

 8-5 inches in length and has the wing 5-6. 



Young. Differs considerably from the adult. General colour 

 olive-brown above, the feathers with sandy-rufous margins ; crown 

 of head bright rufous ; under surface of body entirely white. 

 Hub. Australia ; Celebes ; S. Borneo. 



