HYDRALECTOR. 151 



blackish. Length of male about 330; wing, 190; tail, 131; exposed 

 culmen, 28 ; tarsus, 54 ; middle toe with claw, 75 ; hind toe without claw, 

 20; claw, 29. Length of female, 380; wing, 250; tail, 162; exposed 

 culmen, 28; tarsus, 60; middle toe with claw, 85; hind toe with claw, 57. 



Adult in non-breeding plumage. Differs from the breeding plumage 

 chiefly as follows: Upper parts earthy brown with little gloss; under 

 parts, including tail and its coverts, white except a black plastron on 

 fore breast which extends forward on each side of neck; golden collar 

 replaced by a golden yellow band on each side; secondaries and coverts 

 mostly earthy brown speckled with white. 



Birds in intermediate plumage present endless combinations of the 

 breeding and non-breeding plumage. 



"Young. Generally resembles the winter plumage of the adults, but 

 is always distinguished by its rufous head, and in the first stage of 

 plumage by the sandy rufous margins to the feathers of the upper surface ; 

 the dusky band of the sides of the neck is feebly indicated and the 

 horseshoe collar on the fore neck is marked by a few spots of dusky 

 blackish ; the white on the primaries is more restricted, but the elongated 

 tips are present." (Sharpe.) 



"Quite abundant about the Laguna de Naujan, in Mindoro. It runs 

 about over the leaves of water plants, and when approached sinks its 

 body in the water until only its head and tail can be seen. When wounded 

 it dives, and sometimes hangs onto water plants below the surface until 

 it dies/' (Bourns and Worcester MS.) 



This jacana is abundant in Luzon in fresh- water swamps and on the 

 borders of lakes. V J 



Genus HYDRALECTOR Wagler, 1832. 



This genus differs from Hydrophasianus chiefly in having a fleshy 

 lappet near the base of bill and the tips of the primaries not attenuated. 



127. HYDRALECTOR GALLINACEUS (Temminck). 

 COMB-CRESTED JACANA. 



Parra gallinacea TEMMINCK, PI. Col. (1831), 5, pi. 464. 



Hydralector gallinaceus SHARPE, Cat. Birds Brit. Mus. (1896), 24, 79; 

 Hand-List (1899), 1, 168; GATES, Cat. Birds' Eggs (1902), 2, 73; 

 MEABNS, Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash. (1905) 13, 89; MCGREGOR and WOR- 

 CESTER, Hand-List (1906), 30. 



Mindanao (Mearns). Australia, Celebes, southern Borneo. 



"Adult male. Above bronzy brown, more dingy on the lower back 

 and rump ; upper tail-coverts and tail black, all but the center tail-feathers 

 white at base ; wing-coverts like the back ; marginal coverts, alula, primary- 

 coverts, and quills black, with a slight bluish gloss; inner secondaries 

 bronzy brown like the back; forehead behind the lappet to center of 



