WESTERN JAVA AND KRAKATAU. 113 
Porphyrio calvus Vieillot. 
Porphyrio calvus Vieillot, Nouv. Dict. d’Hist. Nat. XXVIII, 1819, 
p. 28. — Sharpe, Cat. B. Br. M. XXIII, 1894, p. 200. 
Nes. 587, 588, 589, OO co’, Tjengkareng, Batavia, 23 Sep- 
tember 1908. 
— 625, 626, 627, f SQ, Rawa Gempol, Krawang, 2 Oc- 
tober 1908. 
—. 640, 641, 9 0’, Tjengkareng, Batavia, 18 November 1908. 
Malay name: bintapoe; in Tjabang boengin: mandar bésar. 
A greenish blue wash upon the back is to be seen in 
all the specimens. The feathers of the back, the scapulars, 
the wingcoverts and the inner secondaries are dusky black, 
obscurely and minutely banded with greenish blue. 
CHARADRIIDAE. 
Charadrius dominicus fulvus Gmelin. 
Charadrius fulvus Gmelin, Syst. Nat. I, 1789, p. 687. 
Charadrius dominicus, Sharpe, Cat. B. Br. M. XXIV, 1896, p. 195. 
Ne. 575, 576, 577, 578, 579, 580, oc and QQ, Moeara 
Karang, Batavia, 19—22 September 1908. 
— 712, 9, Moeara Karang, 17 November 1908. 
Malay name: troelek. 
The specimens are in winter dress, but in n° 575 and 
576, and especially in n°. 580, the undersurface is mottled 
with black. 
Ochthodromus inconspicuus (Wagler). 
Charadrius inconspicuus Wagler, Isis, 1829, p. 651. 
Charadrius pyrrhothorax Gould, Birds Eur. IV, 1837, pl. 299. 
Ochthodromus pyrrhothorax, Sharpe, Cat. B. Br. M. XXIV, 1896, p. 226. 
Ochthodromus inconspicuus, Oberholser, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus. XXII, 
1900, p. 206. 
Nes, 570, 573, 574, Oo and unsexed specimen, Moeara 
Karang, Batavia, 19 — 21 November 1908. 
Malay name: tjërik. 
Notes from the Leyden Museum, Vol. XXXII. 
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