GALLICEEX CINEKEA. 
(THE WATERCOCK.) 
Fulica cinerea, Gm. ed. Syst. Nat. i. p. 702 (1788). 
Gallinula cristata, Lath. Ind. Orn. ii. p. 773 (1790); Kelaart, Prodromus, Cat. p. 135 
(1852); Layard, Ann. & Mag. Nat. Hist. 1854, xiv. p. 2G8 ; Schlegel, Mus. Pays-Bas, 
1 lalli, p. 39 (1865). 
Gallinula lugubris, Horsf. Tr. Linn. Soc. xiii. p. 195, <$ , Java (1821). 
Gallinula gularis, Horsf. l.c. ? . 
Rallus rufescens, Vieill. Jerdon, Madras J. L. & Sc. xii. p. 205 (1840). 
Gallicrex cristatus (Lath.), Blyth, Cat. B. Mus. A. S. B. p. 283 (1849); Jerdon, B. of Ind. 
iii. p. 716 (1864) ; Holdsw. P. Z. S. 1872, p. 475 ; Blanford, Str. Feath. 1877, p. 247. 
Gallicrex cristata (Lath.), Blyth, Ibis, 1867, p. 171 ; Swinhoe, P. Z. S. 1871, p. 414 ; Adam, 
Str^ Feath. 1873, p. 397 ; Salvadori, Ucc. di. Bom. p. 340 (1874) ; Legge, Ibis, 1874, 
p. 31, et 1875, p. 403 ; Swinhoe, ibid. 1875, p. 134 ; Sharpe, ibid. 1879, p. 271. 
Gallicrex cinereus (Gm.), Hume, Str. Feath. 1874, p. 300 ; id. Nests and Eggs, iii. p. 596 
(1875); Hume & Oates, Str. Feath. 1875, p. 187 ; Hume & Davison, Str. Feath. 1878, 
p. 466 (B. of Tenass.) ; Ball, ibid. vii. p. 229 ; Cripps, t. c. p. 305 ; Hume, ibid. 1879, 
pp. 70, 113. 
° alUC ™ (Gm ' > ’ Walde °’ Tran3 ' Z ° 01 - Soc - 1875 - ix - P- 229 ; Oates, Str. Feath. 
18 / / , p. loo ; David & Oustalet, Ois. de la Chine, p. 484 (1877). 
Crested Gallmule, Lath. ; Cock of the Reeds (Swinhoe) ; “ Paddy-fowl Sportsmen in Ceylon. 
Kora, Hind., also Kongra (Jerdon); Rontod Rureng, Java (Blyth); Hunq-Jcwan lit 
“Red Cap,” Chinese. y ' 
Kittala, Sinhalese in North ; Willi-JcuTculu, in South ; TannirJcoli, Tamil. 
'"t Jtolt; "p~6.' W " S8 ' 8 “ Cta; “ 3 ' 3: tarsus i" middle toe 2-8, it. cl,, (etaight) 0-5 ; 
“ Len S th 16-75 bches > Tenasserim ” ( Davison ) ; “ 17-0, Upper Pegu” (Oates). 
“ Ins Inazel-brown; eyelids smoky plumbeous; frontal shield and base of upper mandible deep dull red’ horn 
pm ush ; the bill with the above exception, is yellow, there being a red spot at the base of the lower mandible ; 
inside of mouth flesh-colour; legs plumbeous green; claws horny” (Oates). 
U d :: ; t r:; UenS the h0rn “ d Shield appear duU reJ - The former nscs U P behind the shield, is pointed at the 
apex, and measures sometimes an inch in length. ' 
B> '"tSTanT^ > Head ’ neCk ’ )^ 0at ’ atld Underparts dul1 bIack 5 the feathers of the head, hind 
brown i w bluish-ashy margins, and those of the throat and under surface tipped with ashy grey ; wings 
brown’- back mid rumr 1 6 ^ ' ° back ’ and the tertials an <t greater coverts edged with fulvous or yellowish 
anTiXl^ ChL T k T , edg “ S r t0 the feather8 ; the wing, outer web of first primary, 
white barred with bla 1 i'h V tal1 brown, the feathers edged similarly to the tertials ; under tail-coverts buff- 
crest red 5 r Wlng - C0VeFtS brown, edged with yellowish white; frontal plate and fleshy 
Indian examples correspond with the above ; but those in the national collection which I have examined are not in 
such perfect plumage, and I have therefore described a Chinese example. 
An example m the national collection from Manilla shows the changing of the plumage from the breeding to the 
non-breeding dress, which is that of the female. The neck and under surface are whitish, barred with narrow 
