7.8 



1 ALLINULA. — Middle toe longer than tarsus. 



589. £• t«'ii«'bro>a. Old., Black Moor-hen (Sombre Gallinnle). 



hull greyish-black, except back and scapularies, which are deep 

 brown : under tail coverts black in centre, white on sides ; base of 

 l.ill hlood-red. 



Hah. : 2, 3, 4. 6. 



linrs I'OR THY RIO.— Nostrils rounded. 



P. bellUS, Gld., Brae Bald Coot. 



Back black ; a distinct Bhade of verdigris-blue on throat and fore- 

 neck : thighs purplish, Like flanks ; bill red ; knees, lower par of 

 tarsus, and inside of feet dark greenish-grey ; remainder of feet and 

 1. m dark green. 



Total Length, 17*5 in. ; culmen, with frontal shield, 3 in. ; wing, 

 106 in. : tail, 3"6 in. : tarsus, 3'6 in. 

 Bab. : 8, !). 



591. I*, melaiioiiotlis. Temm. (P. melanotus), Bald-Coot. 



Frontal plat-', hill. Legs, and feet red: no distinct patch of bine 

 on the throat; the whole <>t under surface uniform blue; inner 

 tndaries black or brown, sometimes olive-brown, like the rest of 

 the back. 



Hah. : 1 to 7. 



Genus FULICA.— Toes lobed laterally. 



592. F. a list rails. Old., Coot. 



Head and neck black ; all upper surface greyish-black ; under 

 surface sooty-black ; bill bluish-grey. 

 Hab. : 1 to 9. 



ORDER ALECTORIDES. 



The angle of the mandible is always truncated ; the hind toe is raised 

 above the level of the other toes [Mesites (extra Australian) excepted]. 



FAMILY— GRUID^E. 



Palate schizognathous ; nasal depression more than half as long as the 

 maxilla ; rectrices twelve. 



( it m ra A X I I < ii >NK. Skin bare round a clear patch of ear coverts. 



\. aiistralasiana. <Hd. (Grus australasianus), Crane (Native 

 I lompanion >. 



Neck feathered right up to the nape ; inner secondaries grey, with 

 w hite bases ; general colour grey. 

 Total length, 4L> in. 



Hah. : 1 to 1, I) to 9. 



FAMJLY-OTIDIDiE. 



Bill flattened and obtuse; palate schizognathous j rectrices sixteen to 



twenty. 



BUPODOTIS. Peathers of Deck and fore-neck elongated ; wing 

 three I imes Longer I lian tarsua 



594 Et aiisl ralis. Grey, Bustard (Plain Turki 



A black patch across the chesf <>r <»n the sides <>f it; greater wing 

 ashy-black, with a white spot at the end. 

 tal length, 18 in. ; oulmen, 8 in. ; wing, 26 in. ; tail, 105 in. ; 



2 in. 



: 1 tO t. (J tO 9. 



