174 ]\rr. R. Swinhoe on three new Species 



ginou3 chestnut, mixed on tlic last witli white. Belly, axil- 

 laries, and under tail-coverts li;2:ht black banded with white ; 

 tibial feathers ])ure white. Quills and tail olive-brown, the 

 outer feather of the former with its outer web white ; feathers 

 of the wing-coverts marked witii narrow waves of wliite, with 

 brown lower edgings. Bill olive-green, yellow at tip of lower 

 mandible. Irides light brownish crimson. Legs ochreous 

 yellow tinged with green ; claws browner. 



Length about 9 inches ; wing 5'1 ; tail 2'4, of eight soft, 

 slightly graduated feathers; bill to gape 1*2, to forehead "9, 

 depth at base '3')] bare part of tibia '5; tarscl'G; middle 

 toe I'G, its claw "3. 



The above description is taken from a male bird shot in 

 spring, in company with a male Porzana fiisca (Linn.), on the 

 Canton River. 



It differs from P. ceylomca (Gmel.) of Southern India in 

 wanting the rufous on the crown and hind neck, by the white 

 marks on its wing-coverts, in having a wliite edge to its outer 

 quill, by its white tibial feathers, and by the absence of white 

 on the inner quills. 



Porzana euryzona (Temm.). of Singapore has white spots 

 and bands on the wing-coverts and quills. The black belly- 

 bands extend up to the breast. The crown and hind neck are 

 red, and the bird generally is very rufescent and smaller. 

 The British Museum has a third species from the Philippines, 

 and a fourth from the Sula Islands. 



Family Paridae. 

 Genus Siva, Hodgson. 



Siva torqueola^ sp. nov. 



Crown with broad longish feathers, greyish brown, each 

 feather edged with bluisli grey, and having a pale stem. 

 From the base of the under mandible, under the eye, and round 

 the nape runs a broad line of chestnut-brown, most of the 

 feathers having a central white streak. Back, scapulars, and 

 rump olive-brown, with shafts of most of the feathers of the 

 two former whitish. Tail-coverts of a deeper hue. Under 

 parts white tinged with bluish grey ; tibials deep olive-brown, 

 the same colour of a lighter shade marking the ventral flanks, 

 and more slightly, and in the form of obscure bars, the sides of 

 the breast. Vent-feathers blackish brown, with shafts and 

 broad tips of white. Axillaries white, with a brown and white 

 barred carpal edge. Under edges of quills pale salmon-colour. 

 Wing-feathers hair-brown, margined with reddish olive, the 



