1875.] THE PHILIPPINE AECHIPELAGO. 393 



174. PORZANA FUSCA. 



Ballus philippensis fuscus, Brisson, Orn. v. p. 173, no. 2, "Philippines." 

 Ballits fuscus, Linn. S. N. i. p. 262, no. 4 (17 GG), ex Brisson; Schlegel, Mus. Pays-Bas, 

 Balli, p. 20. 



Bale Iriui des PhiUppines, D'Aubenton, PI. Enl. 773. 

 GaUinula rubiginosa, Temm. PI. Col. 357, "Java" (1825). 



Ilab. Philippines {Cuming). 



An adult Philippine example, obtained by Cuming, is preserved in the Leyden Museum ; 

 and with it Professor Schlegel [1. c.) identifies individuals from Borneo, Java, and Sumatra. From 

 Javan examples I am unable to distinguish Ceylon specimens. GaUinula erythrothorax, Schlegel, 

 Faun. Japon. Aves, p. 121, pi. 78, " Japan," only differs in being considerably larger. It is still 

 a question whether the race which occurs in Nepal, Zapornia Jlammiceps, Ilodgs., Gray (Zool. 

 Misc. 1844, p. 86, sine descr.), belongs to the Japanese or the Southern-Asiatic race. Eadde 

 (Reisen im Siiden von Ost-Sib. ii. p. 309) obtained, in June and July, on the middle Amoor, 

 examples of greater size than even those from Japan. Mr. Swinhoe (P. Z. S. 1871, p. 414, 

 no. 605) states that the " pectoral red does not extend so low down as in P.fusca" this character 

 being a sign of immaturity in the South- Asiatic form. 



In the Hand-list, P.fusca and P. rubiginosa are kept separate. To the last, PL Col. 357 is 

 correctly referred ; to the first, PI. Col. 387 (which represents Esacus magnirostris) is added as a 

 reference t- 



Eallina, Reichenbach. ^^ 2. s. ix. 



175. Rallixa fasciata. p* -'^^• 



Ballus fasciatus, Raffles, Tr. Linn. Soc. xiii. p. 328, "Sumatra" (1821). 



GaUinula eurizona, Temm. PL Col. 417, " Java " (1826). 



Ballus ruficeps, Cuv. Mus. Par. ; Lesson, Tr. p. 537, no. 24, "Java, Manilla" (1831). 



Ortygometra ocularis, G. R. Gray, List Br. Mus. GrallcB, p. 119, " Philippine Isl." (1844). 



Orttjgometra eurizona (Temm.), G. R. Gray, op. cit. p. 117, " Manilla " (1844). 



Hah. Philippines, Manilla [Cuming, Dussmnier). 



Amaurornis, Reichenbach. 



176. *Amaurornis olivacea. (PL XXXIII. fig. 2, in orig.) 



GaUinula olivacea, Meyen, Nov. Act. Ac. C. L. C. Nat. Cur. xvi. suppl. prim. p. 109, pi. 20, 

 "Manilla" (1834). 



Amaurornis olivacea (Meyen), Reichenbach, Natilrl. Syst. 



Ilab. Manilla, near the sea-coast {Meyen) ; Luzon {mus. nosfr.). 



Said also to occur in Ternate and in Halmaheira (Schlegel, Mus. Pays-Bas, Balli, p. 43) ; but 

 examples from these localities have yet to be compared with Philippine specimens. 



t This error seems to have arisen from the misprint in Blyth's Cat. of the Calc. Mus. p. 285, no. 1666, having been 

 copied. 



