^^OJ. Elliot oh tin Jacanidic. [July 



Puna luzouieiisis Gmel. Syst. Nat. 1788, I, p. 709, No. 13. — Vieill. Ency. 

 Meth. 1S23, p. 1057. 



I'aiia sinensis Gmel. Syst. Nat. 178S, I, p. 709. No. 15. — Less. Trait. 

 Orn. 1S31, p. 539. — ScHLEG. Mus. Pays-B. 1865, p. 71. — Nitzsch, 

 Pteryl. 1876, p. 126. — Vieill. Gal.- Ois. -1834, p. 165, pi. 265. — 

 David .*v: Wend. Str. Feath. 1S78, VII, p. 89.— Kelham, Ibi.s, 1882, 

 p. 185. 



II\'dropliasia>ius sinensis Wagl. Isis (1832) p. 270. — Hend. & Hume, 

 Lahore to Yark. 1873, p. 290. — Hlyth, B. Brit. Bunnali, 1875, p. 157. 



Pai't-a pkazniciira IIoDG. Gray's Zool. Misc. p. 86. 



Hydrophasidniis chiniri^iis Blyth, Cat. B. Mus. Asiat. Soc. Beng. 1849, 

 p. 273. — Jeru. B. Ind. 1864. Ill, p. 709. — Hume, Nest and Eggs 

 Ind. B. 1873, p. 592. — Salvad. Ucc. Bor. 1874, p. 343. — Hume & 

 Davison, Str. Feath. VI, 1878, p. 464.— Ball, Str. Feath. VII, 1878, 

 p. 229. — Ckipps, Str. Feath. VII, 1878, p. 304. — Doig, Str. F'eath. 

 VII, 1S78, p. 371.— David & Oust. Ois. Chine, 1877, p. 483.— 

 Legge, B. Ceyl. 1880, II, p. 914. — Forbes, P. Z. S. 1S81, pp. 640, 

 642. — Oates, B. Brit. Burm. 1883, p. 360. — Murr. Vert. Zool. 

 Scinde, 1884, p. 259. 



Adult: — Head, throat, and front of neck white. Nape black ; hind part of 

 neck bright golden yellow, separated from the white in front by a narrow 

 black line. Back shining purplish brown, entire underparts purplish 

 black. Rump, upper and lower tail-coverts, and tail blackish brown. 

 Four median rectrices greatly lengthened. Wings have scapulars and 

 lertials dark olive brown ; upjier and under wing-coverts, and secondaries 

 white, the tips of the outer secondaries being brownish black. P'irst pri- 

 maries black; second black with a large part of the basal half of inner 

 web white ; third nearly all white on inner web, and the remaining ones 

 all white save the tips, which are brownish black. First primary for 

 about an inch from the tip is bare, with a narrow web at the end; next 

 two with the shafts extending beyond the web; the remainder attenuated 

 at the tip, diminishing in length as the innermost primary is reached. 

 Metacarpal spur developed, sharp. Bill light blue at base, tip greenish. 

 Legs and feet plumbeous blue. Claws black. Iris deep brown. Total 

 length, 1S-21 ; wing, 8-97; tail, ii-i2'|; middle toe and claw. 3-3^; bill 

 at gape, i.i in. 



Winter plumage : — Top of head and centre of hind neck, back, scapulars 

 and tertials, hair-brown, with green and some bronze reflections on the 

 back. Lesser and greater wing-coverts pale brown, the feathers barred 

 with blackish brown and white toward the tips; rest of wing as in breed- 

 ing plumage. A white stripe extends from the base of the bill over the 

 eye; a black one runs from the gape through the eye and down the sides 

 of the neck, terminating in a band across the chest. A shining golden 

 stripe, continuous with the superciliaries, extends down the sides of the 

 neck, behind this black one. Throat and front of neck and entire under 

 surface pure white. Some feathers on flanks mottled witli brown. Rump 



