G R A L L M. 

 Fam. PAEBIM*. 

 Bill moderate, straight, compressed ; nostrils pervious. Wings moderately long. Tail in 

 some lengthened, in others short. Legs of medium length ; feet enormous ; claws very long. 



Wing with a sharp spur at the flexure. Sternum not compressed laterally as in Pallida?, 

 but Charadrine in structure, with a large notch in the posterior margin. 



Genus HYDROPHASIAXFS. 

 Bill slender, straight, moderately compressed, the apical portion enlarged and curved ; the 

 gonys pronounced; nostrils linear, pervious, placed in a long depression. Wings lengthened, 

 with a stout, sharp spur at the flexure ; quills pointed, the 1st with the terminal portion of the 

 shaft produced and slightly webbed, the '2nd and the 3rd with the shaft produced beyond the 

 web, and the 4th with the web attenuated. Tail long, with the central feathers much lengthened 

 during the breeding-season. Tibia bare to a considerable height. Tarsus shorter than the 

 middle toe, and shielded before and behind with rectangular scales. Toes and claws very long, 

 the latter straight ; the hind claw much longer than the toe and curved upwards. 



HYDROPHASIANTTS CHIEUKGUS. 



(THE WATER-PHEASANT.) 



Tiinga chimrgus, Scopoli, Del. Fl. et Faun. Insubr. ii. p. 92 (1786), ex Sonn. 



Parra luzonensis, Gm. Syst. Nat. i. p. 709 (1788). 



Parra sinensis (Gm.), Schlegel, Mus. P.-B. Ealli, p. 71 (1865). 



Ilydrophasianus sinensis (Gm.), Wagler, Isis, 1832, p. 279; Kelaart, Prodromus, Cat. 

 p. 135 (1852) ; Gould, B. of Asia, pt. vii. pi. 3 (1855). 



Ilydrophasianus chirurgtis (Scop.), Blyth, Cat. B. Mus. A. S. B. p. 273 (1849); Layard, 

 Ann. & Mag. Nat. Hist. 1854, xiv. p. 207; Jerdon, B. of Ind. iii. p. 709 (1864); 

 Swinhoe, P. Z. S. 1871, p. 414; Holdsw. P. Z. S. 1872, p. 475; Hume, Str. Feath. 

 1873, p. 249 ; id. Lahore to Yarkand, p. 290 (1873) ; Salvadori, Uccelli di Born. p. 343 

 (1874) ; Legge, Ibis, 1874, p. 30 ; id. J. A. S. (Ceylon Branch), 1874, p. 54 ; Hume, 

 Nests and Eggs, iii. p. 592 (1875) ; Walden, Trans. Zool. Soc. 1875, ix. p. 232 ; Hume & 

 Oates, Str. Feath. 1875, p. 185 ; Le Messurier, t. c. p. 381 ; Butler & Hume, ibid. 1876, 

 p. 20 ; Hume, ibid. (B. of Tenass.), 1878, p. 464 ; Davidson & Wender, ibid. 1878, vii. 

 p. 89 ; Ball, t. c. p. 229; Cripps, t. c. p. 304; Hume, ibid. 1879, p. 113 (List B. of Ind.). 



Le Chirurgien de Visle de Lucon, Somierat, Voy. Nouv. Guin. p. 81, pi. 45 (1770) ; Chinese 



* The Scolopacine egg, Plover-like bill, spurred wing, strong, straight flight, and general deportment of the Jacanas 

 indicate their position as being between the last family and the Plovers. 



