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16— J A VAN GALLINULE. 



Gallinula Javanica, Lin. Trans, xiii. p. 196. 



LENGTH fourteen or fifteen inches. Plumage above black; 

 forehead, and sides of the head white; rump yellowish ferruginous; 

 axillaries and sides of the belly black. 



Inhabits Java ; called Sri-bombo, and has some resemblance to 

 the Red-tailed Species. 



17.— MADRAS GALLINULE. 



Gallinula Maderaspatana, Ind. Orn. ii. 767. 



Fulica Maderaspatana, Gm. Lin. i. 700. 



Crex Indica, Madras Rail, Rait, 194. t. 1. f. 4. 



Porphyrio Maderaspatana, Bris. v. 543. Id. 8vo. ii. 357. 



L'Angoli, Buf. viii. 205. 



Madras Gallinule, Gen. Syn. v. 253. 



SIZE of a Duck. Bill and legs long; forehead bare and white ; 

 plumage above fine ash-colour; sides of the head and under parts 

 white ; across the lower part of the neck crescent-shaped black spots ; 

 quills ash-colour, edged with black ; tail short. 



Inhabits the neighbourhood of Madras, there called Boollu-cory; 

 also Malabar, where it is known by the name of Caunangoly. 



18— KOOKRA GALLINULE. 



LENGTH seven inches. Bill three quarters of an inch long, 

 and black ; irides red ; plumage in general above pale olive brown • 

 most, of the feathers above the body are dark in the middle, and many 

 marked on the margins with white, appearing as streaks and spots >' 



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