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and median wing-coverts uniform ochraceous-brown like the back, greater 
series with blackish centers and vwiite frecklings; innermost secondaries 
like the back with broad black centers, the inner webs paler ochraceous- 
brown thereby forming a broad longitudinal band on each side of the 
back; alula, primary-coverts, and quills sepia-brown; edges of alula and 
first primary white; under wing-coverts and axillars dusky brown with 
a few white spots and bars; tail-feathers blackish, edged with dark 
ochraceous-brown., (Compiled from Sharpe, Catalogue of Birds). “Bill 
green, dusky on the culmen and at the tips; legs and feet green, with a 
yellowish tinge, sometimes brownish olive, sometimes pale green or pale 
olive-green; claws pale brown; iris normally red, sometimes briar-red, 
crimson, or carmine.” (Hume.) Length, 178; culmen, 19; wing, 89; 
tail, 42; tarsus, 28; middle toe and claw, 38. 
“Adult female-—Similar to the male in color. Length, 178; culmen, 
16; wing, 94; tail, 43; tarsus, 28. 
“Young.—lIs like the adult on the upper surface and is similarly 
marked with black and white, but the general tone of the plumage is 
rather more rufous; the head like the back; sides of face rufous-brown, 
as also eyebrow; lores whitish; throat, breast, and abdomen dull white; 
fore neck and chest rufescent, barred across with dusky ; lower flanks, vent, 
and under tail-coverts black, barred with white. ‘Iris orange-red or 
reddish brown.’ (HHume.)” (Sharpe.) 
63. PORZANA PLUMBEA (Gray). 
LEAD-COLORED CRAKE, 
Crex plumbea GRay, in Griffith ed. Cuvier (1829), 3, 410. 
Porzana tabuensis SHARPE, Cat. Birds Brit. Mus. (1894), 23, 111 (part). 
Porzana plumbea SHARPE, Hand-List (1899), 1, 102; McGrrcor and Wor- 
CESTER, Hand-List (1906), 16. 
Luzon (Meyer, McGregor). New Hebrides, Australia, New Caledonia, New 
Zealand, Chatham, Samoa, and Fiji Islands. é 
Adult (sexes alike).—Above including wings reddish chocolate-brown ; 
rump slightly darker; head and neck blackish; sides of face and under 
parts dark slate-gray; chin and throat more or less whitish; under tail- 
coverts black with white bars; edge of wing, first alula quill, and first 
primary white; under wing-coverts mottled with ashy brown and white. 
Bill black; iris and eyelids brick-red; legs and feet light salmon; nails 
dark brown. ‘Ten specimens from the vicinity of Manila measure: 
Length, 165 to 178; wing, 69 to 78 (average 75) ; tail, 36 to 44 (average 
40) ; exposed culmen, 15 to 19 (average 16) ; tarsus, 23 to 26 (average 
25) ; middle toe with claw, 29 to 32 (average 31). 
“Young.—Differs from the adult in having the throat white and the 
center of chest and abdomen for the most part white.” (Sharpe.) 
At times great numbers of this little rail are sold in the Manila markets, 
but I have never taken a specimen in the field. 
