On the Anatomy of Cephalopterus penduliger. 57 



2\ in. long, and bulging at the end ; left one 2f in., and of uni- 

 form size throughout. 



121. PoRZANA PHCENicuRA (Penn.). 



In a cage for sale at the city-gate. I was informed that it was 

 caught in the neighbourhood of Canton. 



122. PoRZANA ERYTHROTHORAX (Tcmm.) : Faun. Japon. 

 pi. 78. p. 121. Cantonese, "Long kai." 



The pretty female of this species that I forward home was 

 procured at Canton. 



Length 8 in., wing 4}, expanse 1. Tail consisting of ten soft 

 feathers nearly 2 in. long. Bill : along culmen ^, along edge of 

 under mandible 1 in. ; of a leaden blue colour, blackish on the 

 roof ; the angle of the mouth reddish. Eye-rim vermilion ; iris 

 bright indian red. Tibia naked for |- in., tarsus Ifin.; mid-toe 

 1|- in., its claw ^. Legs bright madder-pink ; soles pale dingy 

 yellow, with sharp claws. 



Tibial tendons rigid. Gizzard roundish, about ^ in. in dia- 

 meter, flattened, and somewhat muscular, lined with a moveable 

 greenish cuticle set with broad rugse. Cseca situate 1-^ in. from 

 anus ; left ^ long, right |, both of uniform size throughout. 



It would be needless to add here a list of the marine Scolopa- 

 cid(B, AnseridcE, &c., because it is pretty certain that all these 

 migratory sea-birds that are found at Amoy are also found at 

 Hongkong, and thei'efore reference can easily be made to my 

 Amoy list, if the reader should wish for a notice of them. I 

 may, however, add to the list of Ducks the Shoveller, 



Rhynchaspis clypeata (Linn.), 

 which was brought in great abundance to the Hongkong market 

 amongst other Ducks. 



IV. — Note on the Anatomy of Cephalopterus penduliger. 

 By T. C. Eyton, F.Z.S. 



I RECEIVED only the body of this bird, taken out of one of the 

 specimens sent home by Mr. Eraser, and described, in the 'Pro- 

 ceedings' of the Zoological Society, by Mr. Sclater (1860, p. Q7). 

 The greater portion of the intestines was gone. 



