94 VISCOUNT WALDEN ON THE BIRDS OF CELEBES. 
It must, however, be remembered that no actual comparison appears as yet to have 
been made between Bouru and Celebean examples. 
149. GaLLINuLA orrENTALIS, Horsf. Trans. Linn. Soe. xiii. p. 195, “ Java” (1822). 
Gallinula ardosiacea, Vieill. Galerie, ii. p. 173, pl. 268, “ Java” (1825). 
Hab. Java (Horsfield); Macassar (Wallace). 
An example of an adult male Moor-hen, closely resembling the common European 
species, was collected by Mr. Wallace at Macassar. It differs from G. chloropus in its 
smaller dimensions, and the size and form of the frontal plate. I have been unable to 
compare it with Javan individuals; but I shall provisionally adopt the title of the race 
which inhabits Java. Wing 53, tarsus 1{, bill from anterior side of plate to tip 174, 
greatest breadth of frontal plate 7%. 
Erytura, Reichenbach. 
150. Eryrnra PHa@Nicura (Forsten): Zool. Ind. p. 19, pl. 9, ‘ Ceylon” (1781). 
Hab. Macassar (Reinwardt); Gorontalo, adult male, 20th of April, 17th of July, Ist 
of August—male with some black spots on sides of head, 26th of May; Negrielama, 
male in first plumage, 20th of September (Von Rosenberg) ; Gorontalo, male in imper- 
fect plumage, October (Forsten); Banka, Java, Borneo (Mus. Lugd.); China, summer 
visitant (?), Formosa (Swinhoe); throughout India (Jerdon) ; Ceylon (type); Zamboanga 
(Mindanao) (Von Martens); Malayan peninsula (Lyton). 
OrTYGOMETRA, Linneus. 
151. OrrycomeETRA CINEREA (Vieillot): Nouv. Dict. d’Hist. Nat. xxviii. p. 29 (1819), ex 
Java; Pucheran, Rey. et Mag. Zool. 1851, p. 563; Schlegel, Mus. Pays-Bas, 
Ralli, p. 32. 
Ortygometra quadristrigata (Horsf.), Finsch et Hartl. Fauna Centralpolyn. p. 164. 
Hab. Gorontalo, April 21, May 25; Ayer-pannas, August 25, female in first plumage, 
August 25 (Von Rosenberg). 
For the geographical distribution of this species and its complete synonymy, exclusive 
of the title, conf. Finsch and Hartl. /.c. Those gentlemen seem to have overlooked in 
this and in one or two other instances Dr. Pucheran’s valuable notices of the types 
contained in the Paris Museum. According to the learned doctor, Porphyrio cinereus, 
Vieill., was collected in Java by Labillardiére. This species is included in Mr. Hodgson’s 
Catalogue of the Birds of Nipaul (J. A. S. Bengal, 1855, p. 381. no, 765) under the 
title of Zapornia nigrolineata. My, G. R. Gray, Cat. B. Mus, Nepal, 1846, p. 143, 
identified Z. nigrolineata, Hodgs., with Rallus superciliaris, Eyton, ex Malacca, and 
in the 3rd edition of that catalogue (1863) adopted Eyton’s specific title, Mr. Blyth 
(Cat. Calc. Mus. p. 339) includes Nipaul within the range of 4. swperciliaris, Eyton. 
