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Ondonga, February 23. — Another specimen ; also eggs 

 said to belong to this bird, of a yellowish ground-colour 

 almost hidden near the thicker end by a broad zone of 

 light brownish red. 



Ondonga, March 1. — I have ascertained that the above 

 is correct ; I myself found to-day a nest containing four 

 eggs, situated just on the edge of a marsh, in a dryish 

 tuft of grass. I got Axel to watch the bird, which he 

 saw several times, though unable to secure it. 



Ondonga, March 2. — Another nest was brought by a 

 native, with the bird (which he captured upon it) and 

 four eggs. 



Ondonga, March 26. — ^An abandoned nest with five 

 eggs, far from the water, and had the surrounding grass 

 tied above it, as in the nest of Gallinula angulata. 



The iris is brown, tinged with reddish yellow; the 

 eyelid yellow ; the basal part of the bill green, merging 

 into bluish at the extremity; the ridge of the upper 

 mandible dark brown ; legs and feet dusky green, with 

 a slight bluish tint on the upper portion of the uncovered 

 part of the tibia. 



This Gallinule is new to me. 



Measurements of a male : — 



in. liu. 



Entire length 7 



Length of folded wing 3 6 



„ tarsus 17 



„ middle toe 18 



„ tail 16 



biU 9 



