27 i ON BIRDS COLLECTED BY THE YACHT 'MARCHESA.' [Mar. 17, 



62. Rallina etjryzonoides (Lafresuaye) . 



Gallinula euryzonoides, Lafr. ilev. Zool. 1845, p. 368 ; Rallina 

 euryzonoides, Tweedd. P. Z. S. 1877, p. 767 ; 1878, pp. '288, 345. 



Hah. Luzon? {Cuming); Negros, Leyte, and Zebu {Everett); 

 Sulu {Guillemard). 



a. S • Sulu Island. 



Iris orange ; bill slate, base of lower mandible pea-green ; tarsus 

 olive-green. 



From the absence of any marked ruddy tinge on the back, and 

 from the colouring of the "feet and tarsi, I have referred this Sulu 

 specimen to R. euryzonoides, though I have had no opportunity of 

 comparing it with that species. The black and white barring of the 

 abdomen is broader than in R.fasciata, the feet of which species are 

 described by Doria as being of a lovely carmine. 



63. Ardetta sinensis (Gmelin). 



Ardetta sinensis, Wald. Tr. Z. S. vol. ix. pt. 2, p. 237 ; Salvad. 

 Orn. dellaPap. p. 363. 



fl«6. " Philippines " {Schlegel, Leschenault, Mas. Lugd.) ; Sulu 

 {Guillemard) ; Celebes {Meyer) ; Borneo {Schwaner). 



a. (S . Sulu Island. 



Iris yellow ; bill yellowish, culmen black ; feet bluish black, 

 marked with green. 



64. Demiegretta sacra (Gmelin). 



Demiegretfa sacra, Tweedd. P. Z. S. 1877, p. 551 ; Wald. Tr. 

 Z. S. viii. p. 100. 



Hab. Zebu {H.M.S. ' Challenger ') ; Sulu {Guillemard) ; Celebes 

 {Von Rosenberg) ; Borneo {Mottley). 



a. c? . Sulu Island. 



Iris yellow ; bill and tarsus lead-colour. This example has a few 

 white feathers on the throat and chin. The species is fairly abun- 

 dant in Sulu, but I have never seen them in the numbers in which 

 thev are found on the northern coasts of Celebes. In this latter 

 country they frequent the sandy mouths of the rivers in small 

 flocks, in which the white varieties are not unfrequently to be seen. 



65. BuTORiDEs JAVANiCA (Horsfield). 



Butorides javanica, Wald. Tr. Z. S. vol. ix. pt. 2, p. 237; id. 

 Tr. Z. S. viii. p. 100. 



Hab. Luzon {Jagor) ; Negros {Steere) ; Zebu, Leyte, Dinagat, 

 Mindanao, and Palawan ( Everett) ; Sulu {Guillemard) ; Celebes 

 {Forsfen, ^-c.) ; Borneo {Mottle^). 



a, b. S ' Sulu Island. 



Iris orange-yellow ; bill black, base of lower mandible yellowish ; 

 bare skin round eye greenish ; feet and tarsus orange-yellow. 

 Length 46*0 centiras. ; wing 17"3centims. Salvadori (Orn. della 

 Pap.) gives the colour of the feet as " Jlavo-rirescentihus ; " in Mr. 

 Everett's Zebu bird ( d' ) they were " dull dark chrome ; " in one 



