1863.] MR. R. SWINHOE ON THE BIRDS OF CHINA. 321 



340. Ardetta sinensis, Gmel. 



Found in summer, from Canton to Tientsin, and in Formosa. On 

 the approach of winter they retire south. I have an undoubted 

 hybrid between this and the last species, procured at Amoy. It 

 curiously combines the characters of both. M. J. Verreaux has 

 mentioned to me an analogous case of a hybrid between A. cinerea 

 and A. purpurea. Temminck refers the small Japanese Bittern to 

 A. minuta, L., of Europe, but I suspect he is wrong in this. 



341. Hydrophasianus sinensis, L. 

 Parra luzoniensis, Gmel. 



Interior of Southern and Central China. I have fine specimens 

 in fuU summer plumage from Hankow. 



342. Gai.licrex cristatus. Lath. 



I consider this bird a summer visitant to South China, from Canton 

 to Shanghai, and also to Formosa. I have specimens in full summer 

 plumage from Hankow ; and it was shot by Captain Blakiston's party 

 at Foochow in Szechuen, 1700 miles up the Yangtzse, in May, in a 

 wheat-field near no water. 



343. Gallinula chloropus, L. 



A resident species throughout China and Formosa. Specimens 

 from there are identically the same as European ones. The Ja- 

 panese form is said to vary somewhat. 



344. Gallinula ph(enicura, Penn. 



This is I think a summer visitant to China. It is not uncommon 

 during that season from Canton to Tientsin, and in Formosa. 



345. Porzana fusca, Shaw, 



P. erythrothorax, Temm. & Schlegl. Faun. Jap. 

 Identical with Indian examples. Varies much in size. Found 

 throughout China, Japan, and Formosa. 



346. Porzana minuta. Pall. (P. pusilla, Gmel.). 

 This species is given by Temminck from Japan. 



347. Porzana pygm^a, Naumann. 



Gallinula bailloni, Vieill. 



Procured from Tientsin, and is probably found throughout Central 

 China, as it is throughout Hindostan. Japan (Temminck). 



348. Ortygometra crex, L. 



Said to have been procured from China. I have never met with the 

 bird there. 



349. Rallcs striatus, L. 



Procured in Formosa, identically the same with Indian and Malayan 

 specimens. It probably also ranges throughout Southern China. 

 Proc. Zool. See— 1863, No. XXI. 



