This species inhabits South CHiina, India, Ceylon, Burinah, and the Malayan Iskmds. It 

 frequents marslies and grassy grounds by tlie sides of the tanks and rivers, and is most 

 abundant in well-watered districts. The nest is found in tlie swamps; and the bird liijs 



SIX eggs. 



GALLINULA CHISTATA. 



MOURNFUL GALLINULE. Plate X. 



Dull black ; feathers of the back, wing-coverts, rump, and upper tail-coverts more or less 

 edged with lighter colour. 



Young. — The back, wing-coverts, and tertials fuscous black, each feather margined with 

 pale brown ; quills fuscous black ; beneath the body pale yellowish brown, transversely 

 undulated in parts with obscure colour. Length 17 to 20 inches. 



Gallinula cristata, Latl). ; G. plumbea, Yieill. ; G. gularis et G. lugubris, Ilorsf. ; 

 G. rufcscens, Jerd. ; Gallicrex cristatus, Bl. 



In China this bird frequents the rice-fields and marshy tracts in summer. It is shy, 

 running quickly through the damp grass and rushes to hide itself. This species is also found 

 in India and the Malay countries. 



QUEP^QUEDULA FOEMOSA. 



BAIKAL TEAL. Plate XI. 



Crown of the head black ; the sides of the head and part of neck buffy white ; a broad band, 

 sprinfinc from behind the eyes, along the hind head, and proceeding down the sides of the neck 

 to a point, glossy green ; mentiun, band beneath the eyes, and one margining the green black ; 

 all of these are bordered with Avhite, which colour forms a collar round the neck ; nape with a 

 triangular black mark ; breast pale chestnut, spotted with black ; sides of breast and tertials 

 o-rey, finely vermiculated with black and broken by a white line; back and wing-coverts, 

 primaries, secondaries, and tail brown ; scapulars lengthened, narrowed, fulvous, black and 

 white ; larger wing-coverts margined with rusty red ; speculum green, margined with white ; 

 beneath the body wdiite ; sides grey, regularly lineated Avith dark grey ; under tail-coverts 

 black, bordered on the outer side with rusty red. Length 13 inches. 



Anas formosa, Georr/i ; A. glocitans, Frdl. ; A. picta, Sfell. ; A. torquata. Mess. ; 

 A. baikal, Bon it. ; Querquedula formosa, iStej'h. 



Inhabits China, Formosa, Japan, Northern Asia, on the borders of Lake Baikal, and is 

 also found in Eastern Siberia. Pallas applied the specific name in consequence of its peculiar 

 loud clucking call, " mok mok-mok lok," which M. Middendorff calls a horrible noise. It 

 breeds in Eastern Siberia, laying ten eggs in a hollow in the ground; and from thence it 

 migrates early. 



