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Genus — PORZANA. — Secondaries shorter than the primaries by length 

 of hind toe and claw. 



582. P, fliiminea, Gld., Spotted Crake. 



Axillaries barred with white ; back streaked with black and 

 spotted or lined with white ; breast slate-grey. 

 Hab. : 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7. 



583. P. palllStris, Gld., Little Crake. 



Axillaries uniform, not barred with white ; back mottled ; breast 

 grey ; flanks barred. 



Total length, 6 in. ; wing, 3 "2 in. 

 Hab. : 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 9. 



584. P. tabllCllsiS; Gmelin (Porzana immaculata, Gld.), Spotless Crake. 



Under surface dark slate-grey ; under tail coverts barred with 

 white ; axillaries uniform ; back uniform rusty-brown. 

 Hab. : 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 9, 



Gentts — POLIOLIMNAS. — Culmen shorter than middle toe and claw ; no 

 evident frontal shield ; middle toe and claw exceed tarsus ; 

 plumage variegated. 



585. P. cinereilS, Vieill., White-browed Water Crake. 



General colour above olive-brown ; crown of head dark ashy-grey ; 

 band of white from anterior portion of cheeks, passing below eye to 

 above ear coverts ; throat and abdomen pure white ; lower throat, 

 fore-neck, breast, and sides of body ashy-grey ; browner on flanks. 



Male. — Total length, 7 '5 in. ; culmen, 9 in. ; wing, 3 9 in. ; 

 tail, 1'8 in. ; tarsus, 15 in. ; middle toe and claw, 2'1 in. 



Female. — Total length, 68 in. ; culmen, 0'8 in. ; wing, 3"75 in. ; 

 tail, I "6 in. ; tarsus, 14 in. ; middle toe and claw, I'S in. 

 Hab. : 1. 



Genus — AMAURORNIS.— Culmen swollen at base. 



586. A. moluccana, Wallace (Gallinula ruficrissa, Gld.), Rufous-tailed 



Moor-hen. 



General colour above dark olive-brown ; sides of face, cheeks, 

 throat, and under surface of body slaty-gi^ey ; lower abdomen and 

 vent vinous-isabelline, as also thighs. 



Total length, 10 '8 in. ; culmen, 1"4 in. ; wing, 5 75 in. ; tail, 

 2"2 in. ; tarsus, 2 2 in. ; middle toe and claw, 2'3 in. 

 Hab. : 2, 3. 



Genus — TRIBONYX. — Primaries and secondaries equal in length. 



587. T. morf ieri, Du Bus, Native-hen. 



General colour above ruddy-brown, washed with olive ; under 

 surface of body greenish-grey ; on sides of body a large patch of 

 white ; under tail coverts black, the outer ones varied with white. 



Total length, 14 in. ; culmen, 1"5 in. ; wing, 7'8 in. ; tail, 3'4 in. ; 

 tarsus, 3 '25 in. ; middle toe and claw, 3 1 in. 

 Hab. : 4, 5. 



Genus — MICROTRIBONYX. — Primaries exceed secondaries by as much 

 as length of inner toe. 



588. M. ventralis, Gld. (Tribonyx ventralis). Black-tailed Native-hen. 



Under surface dark bluish-gi-ey ; flanks have white marks ; upper 

 surface brownish-olive. 



Total length, 10*5 in. ; culmen, 125 in. ; wing, 87* in. ; tail, 

 3'4 in. : tarsus, 2*4 in. ; middle toe and claw, 2'5 in. 

 Hab. : 1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 7, 8, 9. 



