94" VISCOUNT WALDEN ON THE BIEDS OE CELEBES. 



It must, however, be remembered that no actual comparison appears as yet to have 

 been made between Bouru and Celebean examples. 



149. Gallinula orientalis, Horsf. Trans. Linn. Soc. xiii. p. 195, "Java" (1822). 

 Gallinula ardosiacea, Vieill. Galerie, ii. p. 173, pi. 268, " Java" (1825). 



Hah. Java (Horsfield); Macassar {Wallace). 



An example of an adult male Moor-hen, closely resembling the common European 

 species, was collected by Mr. Wallace at Macassar. It differs from G. chloropus in its 

 smaller dimensions, and the size and form of the frontal plate. I have been unable to 

 compare it with Javan individuals ; but I shall provisionally adopt the title of the race 

 which inhabits Java. Wing 5f-, tarsus 1^, bill from anterior side of plate to tip lj 

 greatest breadth of frontal plate -fa. 



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Erythra, Eeichenbach. 



150. Erythra phcenicura (Forsten): Zool. Ind. p. 19, pi. 9, " Ceylon" (1781). 



Hah. Macassar (Reinwardt) ; Gorontalo, adult male, 20th of April, 17th of July, 1st 

 of August — male with some black spots on sides of head, 26th of May ; Negrielama, 

 male in first plumage, 20th of September (Von Rosenberg) ; Gorontalo, male in imper- 

 fect plumage, October (Forsten) ; Banka, Java, Borneo (Mus. Lugd.) ; China, summer 

 visitant (1), Formosa (Swinhoe) ; throughout India (Jerdon) ; Ceylon (type) ; Zamboanga 

 (Mindanao) ( Von Martens) ; Malayan peninsula (Eyton). 



Orttgometra, Linnaeus. 



151. Ortygometra ctnerea (Vieillot) : Nouv. Diet. d'Hist. Nat. xxviii. p. 29 (1819), ex 



Java; Pucheran, Kev. et Mag. Zool. 1851, p. 563; Schlegel, Mus. Pays-Bas, 

 Ealli, p. 32. 

 Ortygometra quadristrigata (Horsf.) , Finsch et Hartl. Fauna Centralpolyn. p. 164. 



Hab. Gorontalo, April 21, May 23 ; Ayer-pannas, August 25, female in first plumage, 

 August 25 (Von Rosenberg). 



For the geographical distribution of this species and its complete synonymy, exclusive 

 of the title, conf. Finsch and Hartl. I. c. Those gentlemen seem to have overlooked in 

 this and in one or two other instances Dr. Pucheran's valuable notices of the types 

 contained in the Paris Museum. According to the learned doctor, Porphyrio cinereus, 

 Vieill., was collected in Java by Labillardiere. This species is included in Mr. Hodgson's 

 Catalogue of the Birds of Nipaul (J. A. S. Bengal, 1855, p. 381. no. 765) under the 

 title of Zapornia nigrolineata. Mr. G. R. Gray, Cat. B. Mus. Nepal, 1846, p. 143, 

 identified Z. nigrolineata, Hodgs., with Rallus superciliaris, Eyton, ex Malacca, and 

 in the 3rd edition of that catalogue (1863) adopted Eyton's specific title. Mr. Blyth 

 (Cat. Calc. Mus. p. 339) includes Nipaul within the range of R. superciliaris, Eyton. 



