1863.] MR. A. R. WALLACE ON THE BIRDS OF BOURU. 35 



This bird deposits its eggs in a heap of rubbish collected in low 

 places near the sea. It is seminocturnal in its habits, making a 

 loud waiHng cry, which is often heard at night and about daybreak. 



Glareola grallaria. 



Glareola grallaria, Temm. 



G. australis, Leach, Linn. Trans, xiii. pi. 14. 



Hab. Bouru and Australia. 



ESACUS magnirostris. 



Charadrius magnirostris, Lath., Temm. PI. Col. 387. 

 Hab. Bouru, Celebes, and New Guinea. 



NUMENIUS UROPYGIALIS. 



Numenius uropygialis, Gould, B. of Austr. vi. pi. 43, 

 Sab. Bouru, the Moluccas, and New Guinea. 



BUTORIDES JAVANICUS. 



Ardea javanica, Horsf. Linn. Trans, xiii. p. 190. 

 Hab. Bouru and the whole archipelago. 



Ardetta flavicollis. 



Ardea Jlavicollis, Lath. Ind. Orn. ii. p. 701. 

 Hab. Bouru, and from India to Australia. 



Nycticorax caledonictjs. 



Ardea caledonica, Gm. : Gould, B. of Austr. 6. t. &5, 

 Hab. Bouru, Moluccas, and Australia. 



Gallinula frontata. 



Fusco-plumbeo-nigra ; dorso alisque olivascentibus ; cauda nigra ; 



Itectricihus caudcB inferioribus lateralibus albis, mediis nigris ; 

 rostro rubro, apice abrupte luteo ; clypeo frontali magna, dila- 

 tato, supercilia attingente ; pedibus rubris, fusco articulatis, 

 tibiis subtus olivaceis. 



Very near G. tenebrosa, Gould, but distinguishable from that spe- 

 cies by the differently-coloured back and wings, which are olivaceous 

 brown instead of black, the rather slenderer bill, the very large frontal 

 plate, and the more uniform-coloured legs, the joints of the tibiae and 

 tarsi being dusky olive, the median line of the tibiae beneath olive- 

 green, the tarsi beneath dusky lead-colour ; the lateral under tail- 

 coverts pure white, the middle ones black ; the rest of the plumage 

 of a dusky lead-colour, deepening on the top of the head and neck 

 to nearly black, and on the breast tinged with brown ; wings brownish 

 olive ; tail black. 



I Total length 13 inches ; wing 7 inches ; bill, from back of frontal 

 plate, 2 inches. 

 Hab. Bouru. 



