358 fulicarijE. 



4'6 inches ; whilst in Siberia it is said to attain a length of 5 inches, 

 Indian and Burmese examples vary from 3"5 to 3'8 inches, and two 

 examples in the Swiahoe collection from Formosa measure 3"8 inches. 

 Young in first plumage are much darker than adults, and have no 

 viaous chestnut on the breast. It is probably one of these immature 

 examples that was procured by Mr. Nishi on one of the Yaye-yama 

 Islands, the most southerly group of the Loo-Choo chain, and was 

 described as a new species under the name of Porzana pheeopyga 

 (Stejneger, Proc. United States Nat. Mua. 1887, p. 394). The 

 length of wing of this example is given as 4'1 inches. 



362. CREX UNDULATA. 



(SWINHOE'S CRAKE.) 

 Porzana undulata, Taczanowski, Joum. Om. 1874, p. 333. 



Swinhoe's Crake is a very small bird (wing from carpal joint about 

 3 inches). There is a great deal of white on most of the secondaries. 



Figures : Swinhoe, Ibis, 1875, pi. 3 (under the name of Porzana 

 exquisita) . 



Swinhoe's Crake is found in all the Japanese Islands, and is pro- 

 bably a resident. There is an example ia the Swiahoe collection 

 from Hakodadi (Swinhoe, Ibis, 1876, p. 335) , and there is an example 

 in the Pryer collection from Yokohama. 



The range of Swinhoe's Crake extends westwards from Japan to 

 South-eastern Siberia and North-eastern China. 



363. CREX SEPIARIA. 

 (LOO-CHOO CRAKE.) 



Euryzona sepiaria, Stejneger, Proc. United States Nat. Mus. 1887, p. 395. 



The Loo-Choo Crake is as large as the Common Com-Crake (wing 

 from carpal joint 5"9 inches) . It is a brown bird, with a pale throat, 

 and the underparts below the breast black barred with white. 



The Loo-Choo Crake is only known from a single example obtained 

 by Mr. Nishi on one of the Yaye-yama Islands, the most southerly 

 group of the Loo-Choo chain. It is represented in Chiaa by a 



