48 Mr. C. H. B. Grant on a Collection of 



Wing-measurements: ^ 175-155 mm.; ? 16.2-159 mm.; 

 (^ from type loc. 162 mm. 



Range. India, Ceylon, China, and Japan, and perhaps 

 Tibet; two specimens from the latter country have the 

 wing 157 mm. & 180 mm., the last being a male. 



Gallinula chloropus orientalis Horsf. 



Gallinula orientalis Horsf. Tr. Linn. Soc. xiii. 1820, p. 195 : 

 Java. 



Small, and with distinct blue on the wing-coverts. 



Wing-measurements: J" 1(50-152 mm.; sexed and uusexed 

 166-145 mm., type 145 mm. One from Sumatra has the 

 wing only 129 mm. 



Range. Java, Sumatra, and the Celebes. 



Five specimens from Luzon and Formosa seem to be 

 rather intermediate between G. c. orientalis and G, c. parvi- 

 frons. Tlicir wings measure 175-166 mm,, two sexed males 

 170 mm, & 166 mm. 



Gallinula chloropus mrridionalis Brehm, 



Of this, Stagnicola brachyptera Brehra (Vogelf. 1855, 

 p, 331 : Middle Africa) is a synonym. 



Small, with distinct blue on wing-coverts. 



Apparently only distinguishable from G. c. orientalis by 

 its shorter toes. 



Wing-measurements: (^ 175-147 mm,; ? 165-153 mm. 



Range. Africa generally, except Egypt; it also occurs 

 on the islands of St, Thomas and Annobon as recorded by 

 Mr. D. A. Bannennan in his paper in this number of the 

 Ibis*. 



Gallinula chloropus pykrhorhoa Newt, 



Gallinula pyrrhorho a A. Newton, P. Z. S, 1861, p. 18: 

 Mauritius. 



Under tail-coverts deep buff colour. 



Wing-measurement : 175-162 mm. 



Range. Mauritius and Madagascar. 



G. frontata, from Bouru, Cerara, and Celebes, coincides 

 in its distribution with G. c. orientalis in the latter locality 



• Cf. p. 116. 



