156 RALLID.^. 



in no part of the world has he even seen such incredible multitudes of coot as 

 are met with in Sind; in the Munchur Lake par excellence^ 



Gen. Podica. — l^ess. 



General characters of Fulica ; bill rail-like ; neck more lengthened ; toes 

 lengthened and webbed, 



191. Podica personata, G- R- Gray, P. z. S. 1848, p. 90 ; 



Aves,p\,4; Hume, S/r, F, iii.p. 185 ; Blyl/i, B. Burm. p. 163; Bume ani 

 Dav., S/r. F, vi. p. 465 ; Hume, Sir. F. viii. p. 113 ; Oales, Sir. F. x. p. 24 1 ; 

 id., B. Br. Burm. ii. p. 353; Murray, Avif. Bril, Ind. ii. p. 637, No. 1322. 

 — The Masked Finpoot. 



Forehead, lores, a supercilium extending to the nape, cheeks, anterior part of 

 ear coverts, chin, throat and front of the neck black; this black patch 

 bordered by p. white line, terminating on either side at the posterior corner of 

 the eye ; crown, nape and upper neck dark ashy ; sides of neck olive brown ; 

 back, rump, scapulars, upper tail coverts and the whole of the wing brown, 

 tinged with green ; sides of the breast and of the body brown ; breast and 

 abdomen white, the latter barred with brown ; vent and under tail coverts 

 brown, closely barred with whitish, the longer feathers of the coverts almost 

 wholly brown ; wing coverts sooty brown \ tail plain brown, tipped paler, 

 (^Oales) 



The female has the chin, throat, and front of the neck white, with a black 

 margin all round, which extends a little over the lores, and has the same outer 

 border and has the black mask of the males. {Tickell ex Oales.) Iris hazel 

 brown ; tarsus and toes light green ; bill orange yellow, paler at the tips ; 

 edges of eyelids yellow. 



Lenglh. — 22 inches ; tail S'8 ; wing 10 ; tarsus 2'i ; bill from gape 3*3. 



Hab. — Tenasserim. Dates says it is an excessively rare bird, of which very 

 few specimens have been procured. Lieut. Lloyd shot a specimen in some 

 part of Karenne. Col. Tickell observed it in Tenasserim, and Mr, Davison 

 procured it at Amherst, Mergui and Bankasoon, It is said to be known to 

 occur in Cachar and Assani. 



Gen. Hypotsenidia —Reich. 



Bill moderately long, straight or slightly arched, compressed at the base, 

 cylindrical at the tip ; upper mandible grooved for two-thirds of its length ; 

 nostrils lateral, linear, and situated in the groove ; lower part of tibia naked ; 

 tarsi long and robust ; toes long and slender, three before and one behind ; 

 anterior toes entirely divided ; wings short and rounded ; 3rd and 4th quills 

 longest. 



192. Hypotsenidia striata {Linn.), Wald., Trans. Zool. Soc. 

 viii. p» 95 j Hume, Nesls and Eggs Ind. B. p. 605 ; Blylh, B. Burm. p. 161 ; 



