1885.] DURING THE VOYAGE OF THE YACHT ' MARCHESA.' 273 



a-c. S • Sulu Island. 



d. 2 • S"lti Island. 



Iris bright rosy red, in the female not nearly so bright. Bill 

 slate-blue ; tarsus chrome-yellow. Length 14*0-14'5 centims. ; 

 wing 6"8-7"0 centims. 



This minute Quail was to be found in abundance all over Sulu 

 Island in the month of May, lying in the long grass in twos and 

 threes, rarely or never in bevies. The natives snared them, and 

 brought them alive to us in numbers for sale. 



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59. Gallicrex cinerea (Gmelin). 



Gallicrex cinerea, Wald. Tr. Z. S. vol. ix. pt. 229 ; id. P. Z. S. 

 1878, p. 953. 



Gallicrex cristata (Lath.), Salvad. Uccelli di Borneo, p. 340. 



Hab. Luzon {Dussumier, Cuming) ; Mindanao {Everett) ; Sulu 

 {Guillemard) ; Borneo (Mottley). 



a. (S . Sulu Island. 



Iris brown ; bill brown, pale beneath ; feet dark brown. 



60. Erythra ph(enicura (Forster). 



Erythra phcenicura, "Wald. Tr. Z. S. vol. ix. pt. 2, p. 229 ; id. 

 P. Z. S. 1877, p. 833, 1878, p. 953; Salvad. Ucc. di Borneo, 

 p. 340. 



Hab. Mindanao (jE't;ere</) ; S\A\i. {Guillemard); Celebes (Fora/er, 

 ^c.) ; Borneo (Doria, Beccari, ^c). 



a, b. c? . Sulu Island. 



c, d, 2 . Sulu Island. 



Iris bright pinkish red ; bill pea-green, base of upper mandible 

 scarlet ; tarsus dull yellow. 



This widely distributed Gallinule was common along the Meimbun 

 river. Some examples have the forehead white ; in others it is 

 black, or with only one or two scattered white feathers. 



61. Hypot^niDia striata (Linnaeus). 



Hypotcenidia striata, Wald. Tr. Z. S. vol. ix. pt. 2, p. 232 ; id. 

 P. Z. S. 1877, pp. 768, 884 ; Salvad. Uccelli di Borneo, p. 336. 



Rallus striatus, Linn. S. N. i. p. 262 (1766), ex Briss. 



Hab. Luzon (Gevers) ; Zebu, Leyte, and Mindanao {Everett) ; 

 Sulu (Guillemard) ; Celebes {Wallace) ; Borneo {Mottley, ^c). 



a. (J . Sulu Island. 



b. $ • Sulu Island. 



Iris orange ; bill brown, with the proximal and inferior part 

 bright red ; tarsus leaden black. The female is a paler bird, and 

 has the barring of the entire upper surface and wings much less 

 marked. Beneath, the barring in the male extends much higher up 

 than in the female. 



