164 GALLINULA FRANKII. 



Indeed , Gallinnla Frankii , has the frontal plate even 

 smaller than Gallinula olivacea , the culmen of the upper man- 

 dible is more curved, and the bill itself, yellowish in 

 Gallinula olivacea, is dusky brown in our new species. 

 Legs and feet are grayish brown in the latter species, 

 grayish yellow in the former. Of all the characteristics , 

 however, the coloring of the plumage presents the most stri- 

 king difference , the Gallinula Frankii having all parts tinged 

 formely with a dark grayish brown , washed with oliva- 

 ceous , with the exception of the belly , that of the throat 

 the color of which is somewhat lighter , and that of the quills 

 and tailfeathers which are of a pure dark brown. Galli- 

 nula olivacea has , on the contrary , the whole upperside of 

 an olivaceous color, whereas the underside is of an ashy 

 gray, passing to ferrugineous on the belly, the feathers 

 of the tibia, and the under-tail coverts. 



Principal measures of Gallinula Frankii. Wing five 

 inches and three lines (French measure). Tail two inches 

 and four lines. Tarse two inches. Middle toe without 

 the nail twenty two lines. Hind toe eight lines. Naked 

 part of tibia ten lines. Length of bill one inch. Height 

 of bill at front five lines. 



As to Gallinula olivacea, this species presents the follo- 

 wing measures. Wing four inches and ten lines to five 

 inches four lines. Tail twenty three to twenty six lines. 

 Naked part of tibia ten to eleven lines. Tarse twenty 

 two to twenty three lines. Middle toe twenty one to twenty 

 two lines. Hind toe eight lines. Bill from front thirteen 

 to fourteen lines. Height of bill at front five lines. 



Our specimen of Gallinula Frankii was brought to Europe 

 by one of the Dutch missionairies residing on the eastern 

 coast of the North-West peninsula of New-Guinea , but the 

 locality where it was killed could not be ascertained. 



Notes from the Leyden ]Museum. 



