GALLINULIN^.— GALLICKEX. 129 



Subfamily Gallinulin^. 



"With frontal shield. Toes narrowly bordered or lobed. More aquatic than 

 Eails, and plumage generally uniform in colour. 



Genus GALLICREX. 



Posterior caruncle on frontal shield pointed. Toes without lateral membrane. 

 Third quill usually longest, or second, third, and fourth quills subequal. Sexes 

 differ. 



105. Oallicrex cinerea. The Water-Cock. 



Kora, Khora, India; Kettala, Ceylon; Boun-dote, Burma. 



c? 16" to 17"; $14". Legs, <? dull red ; 2 dull green. Mid toe 3-6". BiU 

 red, tip yellow. — In summer: Male dull black, edged brown. Edge of wing 

 white, and white on outer web of first primary. In autumn male moults into 

 the female garb. — Female : Brown, edged fulvous. Beneath buff, barred brown. 

 India, Ceylon, Burma, China, Japan, Philippines, Java, Sumatra, and Borneo. 

 Breeds in July and August. Eggs (1-7 x 1-27) light brown, spotted purple. 

 (J. 904. B. 1403.) 



Also the genus Psammocrea;. One species. 17". Mid toe without claw 1-85". P. petiti, horn 

 the Lower Congo (said to be identical with H. Juematopus). 



Also the genus Porphyriola. Three species. 9J" to 11". With mid toe and claw from 

 2-6" to 3", and no posterior caruncle to frontal shield. From S. Europe, Africa, and America. 



Also the genus Parendiastes. One species — P. pacificus, 9", with mid toe and claw 16", 

 large frontal shield, nostrils linear, not pervious, from the Samoa Islands. 



Also the genus Microtribonyx. One species — M. ventralis, lOJ", with mid toe and claw 31"; 

 the culmen dilated at base, nostrils oval, large, and pervious, from Australia. 



Also the genus Tribonyx. One species — T. mortieri, 14", with mid toe and claw 2J", the 

 culmen dilated at base, secondaries as long as primaries, wing feeble, from S. Australia and 

 Tasmania; and the extinct species, T. effluxas, from Queensland. (B.M. Cat., xxiii. 164-166.) 



Genus 6ALLINULA. 



Gallintlla=a, chicken ; diminutive of gaUlna=a. hen. 



Bill bent up at base, forming a small fore shield, rounded behind. Nostrils 

 elongate. "Wings very long. Second quill longest, or second and third equal. 

 Secondaries less than primaries. Toes varying in length from 2-3" to 3-6", and 

 narrowly fringed. Kemiges twenty-three. Found over the greater portion of 

 Old and New "Worlds. 



106. Oallinula chloropus. The Moorhen. 

 C%/or8pMS= green-footed, from x^wpisH-xoDs. 

 Godhan, Behar; Jumbu Kodi (Telugu); Jal murghi, Bengal. 



$ 13". $ 12". Legs green, with orange garter. Mid toe and claw 2-95". 

 Bill red, tip yellow. Head grey. Above olive. Beneath grey. Chin and 

 abdomen speckled white. Flanks streaked white. Under-tail white, with black 

 feathers superposed. Edge of bastard wing white. Outer web of first primary 

 white. Found throughout the greater part of Europe, Africa, and Asia, including 

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