376 Mr. R. Swinhoe on three new Species of Birds. 



bill fine golden yellow ; inside of mouth flesh-colour. Bill 

 from forehead 0'55, from gape 0*82 ; depth at base 0*25. 

 Tarse in front 0'98 ; middle toe and claw 0*84. Legs, toes, 

 and claws rich honey-yellow. Ovary well developed ; trachea 

 with a globular swelling just above where it reaches the 

 bronchi. 



Of the fresh male I noted: — Length 5*75. Wing 33; 

 quills 0'2 longer than tertiaries, 0*55 short of tail-tip. Tarse 

 in front 0'85 ; middle toe and claw 0*82. Bill in front 0'45, 

 from gape 0'7. Bill brown on upper mandible, lighter on 

 apical third of lower, rich golden yellow on basal edge of 

 upper and whole of basal two-thirds of lower including rictus. 

 Iris and legs as in female. Testes enormous, evidently on 

 the point of breeding ; trachea narrower than in the female 

 and without swelling. 



This species differs from H. viciarius of South China in 

 having the remiges broader and shorter. Its bill is deeper at 

 the base, and more distinctly marked ; its legs are of a richer 

 colour ; its plumage above is more richly and definitely 

 marked with black and red. It has a well-marked breast- 

 patch, a nuchal half-collar, and a central streak to the crown 

 of its head. 



3. White-winged Quail Crake. 



In company with Baillon's crake was brought a very 

 charming little species, to me quite unknown, and, I think, 

 new to science. From its feathered tibia and short tarse and 

 toes it looks like a diminutive corn-crake ; but its speckled 

 upper plumage links it to the Porzana crakes, while its 

 rounded wings remove it from both. As it lies on the table 

 it might be taken for a small quail ; and I therefore fancy its 

 affinities lie for Coturnicops noveboracensis (Gmel.) of Eastern 

 North America, though I have not seen a specimen of that 

 bird, nor have I a good description of it. My single specimen 

 is a female, which I will proceed to describe as 



Porzana exquisita, sp. nov. 



Size of a small Button-quail. Prevalent colour of head, 

 neck, flanks, and upper parts rich vandyke-brown ; on the 

 crown the greater portion of each feather is black, the brown 

 being confined to a narrow margin ; on the back of the neck, 

 the back, and the scapulars the centres are black with broad 

 brown margins, thus showing alternate longitudinal lines of 

 broad black and narrower brown ; the greater part of the 

 wing-coverts are brown alone. The throaty a broad patch on 

 the shoulder-edge, axillaries, and centre ol breast and belly 



