BIRDS OF TENASSERIM. 4o7 



910.— Porzana bailloni, Vieill. (3). 



Tavoy . 



[The only place where I saw this little Rail was at Tavoy^ 

 where a few frequented some small canals, overgrown with 

 rank grass, and wild pineapple. They were very difficult to 

 obtain, as it was almost impossible to flush them from the cover 

 in which they lodged. — W. D.] 



911. — Rallina fiisca, Lin. 



Blyth says, speaking of Burma, generally, and including 

 therefore Tenasserim, that this species is common, but we have 

 neither met with it nor heard of its occurrence anywhere in 

 Tenasserim* 



912 fe— Rallina fasciata, Raffl. (2.) S. R, III., 188. 



Amherst. 



Confined apparently to the southern half of the central por* 

 tion of the province. 



[Very rare in Tenasserim, confining itself to the brushwood 

 and scrub jungle in the viciuity of cultivation. I only saw 

 this at Amherst, and Tavoy. It may occur between Tavoy 

 and Mergui, which I have not worked, but from Mergui souths 

 wards within our limits, I do not think it occurs, which is at 

 first sight strange, au further south again in the Malay Penin- 

 sula it is common enough. It may be that the rice lands in 

 the southernmost portions of the province do not suit it. About 

 Amherst and Tavoy the rice fields are surrounded by a aood 

 deal of low scrub and brushwood ; about Bankasoon, on & the 

 other hand, the rice fields are mere hollows, with the dry forest 

 comparatively free of undergrowth coming right down to their 

 margins, where consequently there is no cover such as the bird 

 likes, and finds abundantly in both localities where I have 

 seen it.— W. D.] 



The following are dimensions and colors of soft parts of two 

 males and a female :— 



Males. — Length, 9'75, 9'82; expanse, 16-5, 16-82 ; tail from 

 vent, 2-12, 2-25 ; wing, 5'03, 5'3 ; tarsus, 1*76, 1-9 ; bill from 

 gape, l - 05, 1'2; weight, 3'75, 4'75 ozs. 



Female. — Length, 8*62 ; expanse, 16-5 ; tail from vent, 2*5 ; 

 wing, 5*12; tarsus, 1*65; bill from gape, 0'95 ; weight, 

 2-75 ozs. ° 



Bill, legs, feet, and bare portion of tibia coral red ; bill black 

 dark horny blue, or plumbeous blue ; irides dull red, cinnabar 

 red, or red brown ; orbital skin and gape bright vermilion, 



