24 BIRDS OF THE HAWAIIAN GROUP. 



autumn and winter have white on the abdomen and under wing coverts. Length abuiit 



14.00, wing 6.75, tail 1.50, culmen and shield 2.00, tarsus 2.25-2.50, toe 3.00, liind toe 



1.25. Hah. Hawaiian Islands. 

 PL XXIV., 9745. 41. G. sandvicen'sis Streets. Hawaiian Gallinule, Alae. 



Genus PORPHY RIO Brisson. 



Thighs purplish brown; inner secondaries black (with no distinct patch of blue 

 on the throat); under surface uniform bluish except the under tail coverts whicli are 

 white ; general color of back black ; primaries black ; frontal plate, bill, legs and feet 

 red. Length 17.25, wing 14.50, tail 4.00, culmen and shield 2.70, tarsus 3.35, toe 4.00. 

 Hah. Australia, New Zealand, New Guinea. Oahu; introduced. 



42. P. melano'tus Xkwt. Alae awi. 



(iKXT-S FUXICA LlNNAJlS. 



General color above and below slat\- grey; under tail coverts black, the lateral ones 

 white with the inner half of the feather black; outer secondaries broadly tipped with 

 white, one specimen with under parts suffused with whitish, and fiank stripes wanting in 

 all the specimens in the colledlion; cjuills blackish brown; back browner. Length 

 16.25, 15-60, 16.25; wing 7.00, do., do.; tail 2.10, 2.20, 2.30; culmen including shield 

 2.25, 2.05, 2.10; tarsus 2.25, 2.15, 2.20; toe 3.25, do., do. Hah. Hawaiian Islands. 

 PI. XXIV., 9432. 43. F. alai Pe.\le. Hawaiian Coot, ^ Alae keokeo. 



Order LIMICOL/E.-Shore Birds. 



Fa)nilics. 



a. Naked portion of the thigh much more than the length of the middle toe; 

 tarsus more than twice the length of the middle toe; nasal groove not extending be- 

 yond half the length of culmen ( Page 26. ) Recurviros'tridce . 



aa. Naked portion of thigh less than the length of middle toe; tarsus less than 

 twice the length of the middle toe. 



b. Toes with distindlly scalloped web, and with a serration along the edge 



of the planta-tarsi as in the grebes ( Page 25.) Phalaropo'didae. 



bb. Toes without scalloped webs and no serrated edge to the planta-tarsi; 

 nasal groove extending along the greater part of the upper mandible. 



C. F'ront of tarsus covered with a continuous row of transverse scutulse, 

 d. Bill slender; exposed culmen longer than middle toe withant 

 the claw ; end of bill with a more or less rounded or sometimes expanded tip. 



(Page 26.) Scolopac'idae, 



-4 A partial albino (Museuiii No. S70S) was coUecled on Maui bv Mr. G. P. Wilder, November 4. iSyg. 



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