410 GALLINULE. 



biack, somewhat glossy ; beneath fine deep ferruginous, the lower 

 belly brown; chin pale; under tail coverts white, and reach almost 

 to the end of the tail ; sides over the thighs deep chocolate ; legs 

 bare above the joint, for half an inch; shins two inches long; the 

 middle toe the same in length, the others shorter; hind claw three 

 quarters of an inch, all the claws hooked ; the first quill is shorter 

 than the second, and the third the longest ; tail two inches long, and 

 the wings reach to near the end of it. 



In the collection of Mr. Salt ; killed on a small fresh water lake 

 at Mozambique, with the African Jacana. 



14— WHITE-CHINNED GALLINULE. 



Gallinula gularis, Lin. Trans, xiii. p. 195. — Horsfield. 



LENGTH seventeen inches. Plumage brown ; beneath grey, 

 transversely undulated with brown ; chin white ; back, and wing 

 coverts margined with dull grey; tail hoary brown. 



Inhabits Java, and called Burong. 



15.— MOURNFUL GALLINULE. 



Gallinula lugubris, Lin. Trans, xiii. p. 195. 



LENGTH twenty inches. Plumage in general blackish lead- 

 colour; back, and wing coverts margined with paler, the former 

 with a gloss of brown; quills brownish ; the anterior margin of the 

 wings white ; on the belly some very slender brown fasciae ; second 

 quills paler, margined with brown ; axillaries and vent banded with 

 white. — Inhabits Java; called by the Javanese, Bontod. 



