GALLINULA. FRANKII. 16C 



NOTE XL. 

 ON GALLINULA FRANKII. 



BY 



H. SCHLEGEL. 



May 1879. 



The readers of my work entitled "Muséum des Pays-Bas" 

 will recollect that I identified with the Gallinula olivacea 

 of Meyen , inhabiting the Philippine islands , a bird col- 

 lected by the late Dr. Bernstein , in the islands of Halma- 

 hera and Ternate , and which was afterwards stated to live 

 equally in the isles of Amboina and Mysole. This bird was 

 designated by me as belonging to a particular subdivision 

 characterized by its very small triangular frontal plate. 



Mr. Frank, the well known dealer in zoological objects 

 at Amsterdam , a man who , during more than half a 

 century , with an unaltered integrity , has procured for our 

 Museum many thousands of the most valuable objects, 

 sent to me the skin of a bird, recently collected in 

 New-Guinea, which appears to belong to an undescribed 

 species of Gallinula. 



This bird, which I introduce under the name of Galli- 

 nula Frankii , is to be considered as a second species of 

 the subdivision established in favor of the above men- 

 tioned Gallinula olivacea. 



In size and general aspect, both birds present this sort 

 of similarity which betrays their affinity, but no very close 

 inspection is necessary to point out many strongly marked 

 characteristics , which distinguish the two species from 

 each other. 



Notes Irom tlie Lcyden Museum. 



