GALLINULA JARDINII.— Smith. 
Aves. — Plate XXI. (Male.) 
A. capite, colli partibus superioribus lateralibusque, rufis; mento albo ; dorso, humeris, gutture, pectorc, 
abdomine, caudse tectricibus superioribus inferioribusque nigro-brunneis, striis albis variegatis ; 
remigibus primariis secundariisque griseo-brunneis ; caudit versus basin subnigra, versus apicem 
castanea ; mandibula superiore rubro-brunnea, inferiore nitide flava ; pedibus pallid^ rubro-viridibus. 
Longitudo 5 k unc. 
Cbex Jardinii, Smith. Proceedings of the South African Institution, November, 1828. 
Colour. — The head and the back, and the sides of the neck dark rufous ; 
the chin white ; the back, the shoulders, the secondary quill coverts, the ter- 
tiary quill feathers, the throat, the breast, the belly, and the upper and under 
tail coverts liver brown, varied with longitudinal white streaks, each feather 
with two streaks towards the point, one on the outer and the other on the 
inner vane ; primary quill coverts and primary and secondary quill feathers 
grayish brown; tail, close to the base, dusky black, elsewhere bright chesnut, 
the tips of some of the feathers w r ith a dusky or blackish tinge ; upper man- 
dible reddish brown ; lower mandible greenish yellow ; legs and toes light 
reddish brown.* 
Form, &c. — Bill slender and pointed ; legs short ; toes moderately long ; 
claws short, slender, and slightly curved ; figure slender ; wings short and 
rounded, and, when folded, extend just beyond the base of the tail ; fourth 
and fifth quill feathers equal and longest ; third, sixth, and seventh, scarcely 
shorter; second about three lines shorter than the third ; and the first about 
as many lines shorter than the second. Tail vertically compressed, bushy, 
and the feathers decomposed. 
The colouring assigned to the bill and legs is described from a preserved specimen. 
