BIRDS OF THE INDIAN EMPIRE. 
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(1401) Amaurornis phoenicura chinensis. The Chi- 
nese White-breasted Water-Hen. 
Fulica chinensis Tabl. PI. Enl., p. 54 (1783), 
{China). 
India, Burma, China, etc. 
(1401) Amaurornis phoenicura insularis. The Anda-. 
man White-breasted W ater-Hen. 
A. insularis Sharpe, Cat. B. M., xxiii., p. 163 (1894), 
{Andamans). 
Andamans. 
(1402) Gallinula chloropus parvifrons. The Indian 
Moorhen. 
Gallinula parvifrons Blyth, J. A. 8. B., xii., p. 180 
(1843), {Calcutta). 
Practically the whole of India and Ceylon. 
(1403) Qallicrex cinerea. The Kora or Water-Cock. 
Fulica cinerea Gmel., S. N., i., p. 702 (1789), {China). 
Ceylon, India East to China, Japan and to Phi- 
lippines. 
(1404) Porphyrio poliocephalus poliocephalus. The 
Indian Purple Coot. 
Gallinula poliocephala Lath., Ind. Om. Suppl., p. 68 
(1801), {India). 
India, Ceylon, Burma, Siam. 
(1405) Fulica atra atra. The Common Coot. 
Fulica atra Linn., S. N., i., p, 151 (1758), {Sweden). 
Europe, Africa, Asia. All India. 
Heliornithid.e. 
(1406) Heliopais personata. The Masked Finfoot. 
Podica personata Gray., P. Z. S., 1848, p. 90 
{Malacca). 
Assam, Burma and Malay Peninsula to Sumatra. 
Sub-order MEGALORNES. 
Familjf MegalornithidjE. 
(1407) Megalornis grus lilfordi. The Eastern Crane. 
Grus lilfordi Sharpe, Gat. B, M., xxiii., p. 252 (1894), 
{E. Siberia.) 
Eastern Siberia, Wintering in N. W. India. 
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