INDIAN ZOOLOGY. 49 



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GALLINULA PHCENICURUS. 

 THE RED-TAILED WATER-HEN. 



Rallus Phoenicurus, Gmelin. Lin. i. 715. Latham-^ v. 259. 

 Index Ornilh. ii. 770. 



THIS fpecies is very common in Ceylon, where it is .Red-tailed 

 called Kaloe-kereivaka, and feems the fame kind that 

 :is fb often figured on the Indian papers. 



Its length is nine inches; its weight feven ounces and Descriptjon. 

 a quarter. 



It has the form of the 'European kind : the bill a little 

 thicker, of a greenilh caft, tinged with red ; on the fore- 

 head is a flefh-colored fpot. 



The hind part of the head and neck, the back and 

 coverts of the wings, are black : the quil-feathers black, 

 marked with larg~e fpots of a bluifli caft. • 



The crown of the head, the cheeks, and whole under- 

 fide of the body, as far as the vent, are of a pure white : 

 the vent feathers, and the tail, of a ferruginous red. 



The legs and feet long, and of a dirty green, tinged 

 with red. 



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