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Dr. V. Martens (/. c.) notes this species as being among the Philippine birds preserved 

 in the Military Library at Manilla. 



Gallinulin^. 



Gallinula, Brisson. 

 169. Gallinula chloropus. 

 FuUca chloropus, Linn. S. N. i. p. 358, no. 4 (1766). 



Hab. Luzon, 7th of February, d $ ; biU red, yellow at the tip ; legs yellow-green ; 

 nails grey {Meyer). 



These examples agree with European specimens. 



Gallicrex, Blyth. 

 170. Gallicrex cinerea. 



Crested Gallinule, Lath. Gen. Synopsis, v. p. 267, no. 32, "China?" descr. orig. 



Fulica cinerea, Gm. S. N. i. p. 702, no. 20 (1788), ex Lath.; v. Martens, J. f. O. 1866, p. 29, 



no. 174. 

 Gallinula cristata, Lath. Ind. Om. ii. p. 773, no. 23 (1790), ex Lath., nee Fulica cristata. Lath. 



torn. cit. p. 779, no. 3; G. R. Gray, List Br. Mus. Grallm, p. 123, " Isl. of Manilla." 

 Gallinula plumbea, VieUl. Nouv. Diet. d'Hist. Nat. xii. p. 404, S , " Java" (1817). 

 Gallinula luguhris, Horsf. Tr. Linn. Soc. xiii. p. 195, d, "Java" (1820). 

 Gallinula gularis, Horsf. I.e. 5 , " Java." 

 Gallinula navia, Gm., apud Lesson, Tr. p. 534, ?, "Manilla" (1831), nee Gm. ; Pucheran, Rev. 



et Mag. Zool. 1851, p. 569. 

 Gallinula porphyrioides , Less. I. c, g , " Pair, incog. ;" Pueheran, /. c. 

 Rallus rufescens, VieUl., Jerdon, Madras J. L. & Sc. xii. p. 205, no. 331, 2, "near Cochin" 



(1840). 

 Gallicrex cristatus (Lath.), Blyth, Cat. Calc. Mus. p. 383, no. 1660 (1849). 



Hah. Manilla (Bussumier, Cuming). 



Observed by Dr. v. Martens in the Military Library of Manilla. 



Erythra, Reichenbach. 

 171. Erythra phcenicura. 

 Rallus phcenicurus, Forster, Zool. Ind. p. 19, pi. 9, "Ceylon" (1781); v. Martens, J. f. O. 1866, 

 p. 29, no. 171 ; Walden, Tr. Z. S. viii. p. 94. 



Hab. Zamboanga (v. Martens). 



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