412 GALLINULE. 



wing coverts plain ; the forehead, sides of it, and all beneath very 

 light bluish grey ; thighs barred dusky and whitish ; tail short, the 

 colour of the back ; one or more of the outer feathers barred dusky 

 and white ; legs pale green. 



Inhabits India. — General Hardwicke ; called Jelb-kookra ; met 

 with at Chetcote, in April. 



19— CRESTED GALLINULE. 



Gallinula cristata, Ind. Orn. ii. 773. 

 Fulica cinerea, Gm. Lin. i. 702. 

 Crested Gallinule, Gen. Syn. v. 267. 



SIZE of the Coot; length eighteen inches. Bill as in that bird ; 

 forehead and crown bare, reddish, and rising at the back part into 

 a knob, not unlike that on the head of the Guinea Pintado; head 

 and neck ash-colour; chin mottled with white; body and wings 

 greenish ash-colour ; outer edge of the last pale ; under parts of the 

 body pale ash ; middle of the belly white ; legs very stout, and 

 brown. — Inhabits China, and India ; in the latter called Runcnr. — 

 Sir John Anstruther. 



20.— GREEN GALLINULE. 



Gallinula viridis, Ind. Orn. ii. 769. 



Fulica viridis, Gm. Lin. i. 098. 



Porphyrio viridis, Bris. v. 529. Id. Svo. ii. 352. 



La Poule-Sultane verte, Buf. viii. 204. 



L'Yahana blanc et bleu de Ciel, Voy. d'Asara, iv. No. 381. 



Green Gallinule, Gen. Syn. v. 257. 



LENGTH eleven inches and a half. Bill and bare part of the 

 forehead greenish yellow ; plumage on the upper parts of the body 

 dull green, beneath white; legs greyish yellow ; claws grey. 



Said to inhabit the East Indies ; but M. d'Azara mentions it as 

 being at Paraguay. 



