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



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

 from forehccad 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 3-3; 

 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 //. 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 tihia 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 Cotur7iicops 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 throat, a broad patch on 

 the shouldcr-cdge, axillaries, and centre of breast and belly 



