394 ON THE BIEDS ESTIABITING [1875. 



Hypot^xidia, Eeichenbach. 



177, *Htpot^nidia tokquata. 



Rallus jpliiUppensis torquatus, Briss. Orn. v. p. 170, no. 6, "Philippines" (17G0). 



Ballus torqmtus, Linn. S. N. ed. 12, i. p. 262 (1766), ex Brisson. 



Ballus lineatus, Cuv. Mus. Paris, ^de Piicher. Rev. et Mag. Zool. 1851, p. 270, "Manilla;" 

 Lesson, Tr. p. 536, no. 11 (18.31). 



Ballus toi-quatus, Briss., Meyen, Nov. Act. Ac. C. L. C. Nat. Cur. suppl. prim. p. 108, pi. 19 ; 

 Lesson, I. c. no. 12. 



Ilab. Luzon, January (2Iei/er). 



Two examples, both marked female, were obtained by Dr. Meyer. One is in full plumage, 

 with all its colours fresh and bright, the maroon collar well developed ; this I believe to be a 

 male. The other has its markings less sharply defined, the black of the throat mixed with 

 grey, and the pectoral band of the same colour as the back ; in its dimensions it considerably 

 exceeds the first. 



178. Hypotjenidia philippensis. 



Ballus philippensis, Brisson, Orn. v. p. 163, no. 4, "Philippines." 



Ballus pliilippensis, Linn. S. N. i. p. 263, no. 7 (1766), ex Brisson ; Schlegel, Mus. Pays- 

 Bas, BalU, p. 23; Walden, Tr. Z. S. viii. p. 95 f; Buller, Birds N. Zealand, part iii. pi. 6. fig. — . 

 ^""■^.^fo^' ^«^« »"«ye' i^es Philippines, DAubenton, PL Enl. 774. 



Ilah. Philippines {Cuming). 



179. Htpot^nidia striata. 



Ballus philippensis striatus, Brisson, Orn. v. p. 167, no. 5, "Philippines." 

 Ballus striatus, Linn. S. N. i. p. 262, no. 5 (1766), ex Brisson; Schlegel, Mus. Pays-Bas, 

 Balli, p. 24; "Walden, Tr. Zool. Soc. viii. p. 95 f. 



Ilai. Luzon (Gevers). 



Lesson (Tr. p. 538, no. 30) introduces, without description, a species of Rail said to be from 

 the Philippines, under the titles of ''Bale ecaude, Cuv., Gal. de Paris ; Gallinula circoleps, Temm." 

 Bonaparte (Compt. Eend. xliii. p. 599, no. 382) classified the same bird under Coretlirura, and 

 transformed Cuvier's French museum title into Ballus ecaudatus, Cuv. This, in its turn, becomes 

 caudatus, Cuv., in Mr. Gray's Hand-list, no. 10474. Dr. Pucheran does not notice this type ; 

 and I am unable to identify it. 



PARRID^. 



Hydkophasianus, Wagler. 



180. Hydrophasianus chiruegus. 



Le Ckirurgien de Visle de Lur^on, Sonnerat, Voy. Nouv. Guin. p. 81, pi. 45. 



t [_Antm, p. 104.— Ed.] 



