GALLINULA JARDINII.— Smith. 



AvES.— Plate XXI. (Male.) 



A. capite, colli partibus snperioribus latcralibusquo, rufis; laeuto albo ; dorso, humcris, guttinv, pcctorc, 

 abdoniino, cauJw tectricibus supcrioribiis infcrioribiisquc nigro-brumicis, striis albis variegatis ; 

 remigibus primariis secundariisque grisco-brunneis ; caudii versus basin subnigra, versus apicem 

 castanea ; niandibula superiorcrubro-brunnea, infcriore nitideflava; pedibus pallidt" rubro-viridibu-. 



LoNGiTUDO oi unc. 



C'rex Jakdinii, Sniitli. Proceedings of tlio South African Institution, November, 182S. 



Colour.— The head and the back, and the sides of the neck dark rufous ; 

 the chin white ; the back, the shoulders, the secondary quill coverts, the ter- 

 tiary quill feathers, the throat, the breast, the belly, and the upper and under 

 tail coverts liver brown, varied with longitudinal white streaks, each feather 

 with two streaks towards the point, one on the outer and the other on the 

 inner vane ; primary quill coverts and primary and secondary quill feathers 

 grayish brown; tail, close to the base, dusky black, elsewhere bright chesnut, 

 the tips of some of the feathers with a dusky or blackish tinge ; upper man- 

 dible reddish brown ; lower mandible greenish yellow ; legs and toes light 

 reddish brown.* 



Form, &c. — Bill slender and pointed ; legs short ; toes moderately long ; 

 claws short, slender, and slightly curved ; figure slender ; wings short and 

 rounded, and, when folded, extend just beyond the base of the tail ; fourth 

 and fifth quill feathers equal and longest ; third, sixth, and seventh, scarcely 

 shorter ; second about three lines shorter than the third ; and the first about 

 as many lines shorter than the second. Tail vertically compressed, bushy, 

 and the feathers decomposed. 



* The colouring assigned to the bill and legs is described from a preserved specimen. 



