THE BIRDS OF SOUTH-WEST AND PENINSULAR S|AM. 39 



RALLIFORMES. 



Hails and Gallinules. 



/Tail-feathers ei{,'liteen .. .. .. Heii(>i)''ih personnta. 



I Tail-feathers ten or twelve 



I'orpJiiiiUi calvus edicardai. 



„ ( With a horny frontal shield 

 I With no horny frontal shield 



., (General plumage blue 

 (General plumage not blue 



[Toes with a narrow membranous fringe, not lobed 

 4-' GnUinul'i chlompiis parvifrons. 



I Toes without a membranous fringe . . . . Gnllicrcx cinerea. 



r /Plumage uniform above 

 I Plumage streaked above 



6 

 10 



(Culnien expanded at base; plumage white and slate 

 6- AmriiirnrniK phocnicura chinensis. 



{ Culmen not expanded at base ; plumage brown and rufous . . . . 7 



„ (Tarsus about equal to middle toe and claw . . . . . . . . H 



] Tarsus shorter than middle toe and claw . . . . . . . . 9 



^ /Wing coverts barred ; legs red .. .. .. Ilalliiui fasciata. 



(Wing coverts uniform ; legs black . . . . RalUnn siqwrciUaris. 



q /Larger; plumage partially barred below .. .. Jjimnobnenu'i pniikitlli. 



(Smaller; plumage uniform below Ij'unnobaenus fuscua eri/throtJioiax. 



.^/Culmen about equal to middle toe and claw . . Hupotnenidia sfrinfn. 



(Culmen nuich shorter than middle toe and claw . . Porzana puNilln. 



35. Heliopais persouata (G. R. Gr.). 



Podica ]>er.sou'ita, G. R. Oiay, P. Z. S., 1848, p. UO, Aves, pi. 4 



(Malacca); A., p. 465, (Baiiliarou). 

 Heliopais jjersonata, D., p. 79 (Patarii); H., p. 141 (Koh Pennaii, 



Baiidon) ; Williamson, Journ. Nat. Hist. Soc. Siam, iii, 1918, 



p. 32 (ChantabunV 



c^, Koh Peniiaii, Bandon Bight. 27 May, 1913. 



Wing, 245 mm. (dry). 



" Iris dark hazel ; feet apple greeti with tinge of blue ; edges 

 of lobes and soles yellowish ; lobes black beneath ; bill clirome 

 yellow, yellowish green on culmen ; basjxl culminal process chrome 

 yellow." 



<• (iyldenstoliK!, Kungl. Sv. A'et. Aka<i. Ilandl. M. Bakt-r, Jtmrn. N. H. Soc. Siara, iii. 1919. 



56, No. 2, 1916. (Hrsf iwirt). 



J. Uohinson. Journ. F. M. S. Mus. vii, 1917 Baker. Journ X.H. Soc. Siam. iii, 1919. 



K. Kloss, Ibis, 1918. (second part). 



L. Kobinson and Kloss, Journ. N.H. Soc. Siam, M.I. Baker, .Journ. X.H. Soc. Siam. iv. 19'20. 



iii, 1919. (third part). 



VOL. V, NO. 1, 1921. 



