410 CLASS AVES. 



White-chinned Gallinule. Lath. Gallinula Gularis, 

 Horsf. Creoff Gularis, Gray. 



Brown ; beneath, pale-yellowish, brown waved ; wing- 

 coverts and dorsal feathers, pale edged ; quills, ashy- 

 brown; throat, white. Java. Length, seventeen 

 inches. 



Mournful Gallinule, Lath. Gallinula Luguhris, Horsf. 

 Crex Lugubris, Gray. 



Blackish lead-colour ; back and wing-coverts, pale 

 edged ; quills, brownish ; front edge of wings, white ; 

 vent, white banded. Java. Length, twenty inches. 



Fasciated Rail, Lath. Rallus Fasciatus, Raffles. 



Above, chestnut ; breast and] throat, ferrugineous ; 

 abdomen, barred black and white; quills, brown with 

 white bars. Sumatra. 



Crew Plumbea, Gray. Mus. Brit. 



Brown-black ; head and beneath, ash-black ; tail 

 beneath, white banded ; bill, nearly as long as the 

 head ; base, high, much compressed, blackish ; under 

 wing-coverts, white, black, and brown banded. Length 

 six inches. Tarsus, one inch and an eighth. 



Crex Pulchra, Gray. Mus. Brit. 



Black, white spotted ; head, neck, and tail, rufous ; 

 bill, horn-colour. Length of body, six ; of tarsus, 

 one inch and a third. 



See also Dark Rail, Rufous Rail, Rufous-headed 

 Rail, Abyssinian Gallinule, Kookra Gallinule, [and 

 New Holland Rail, Latham, Hist. 



