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On the Anatomy of Cephalopterus penduliger. 
H in. long, and bulging at the end; left one 2fin., and of uni¬ 
form size throughout. 
121. Porzana PHCENicuitA (Penn.). 
In a cage for sale at the city-gate. I was informed that it was 
caught in the neighbourhood of Canton. 
122. Porzana erythrothorax (Temm.): Faun. Japon. 
pi. 78. p. 121. Cantonese, “ Loug kai” 
The pretty female of this species that I forward home was 
procured at Canton. 
Length 8 in., wingdf, expanse 1. Tail consisting of ten soft 
feathers nearly 2 in. long. Bill: along culmenf, along edge of 
under mandible 1 in.; of a leaden blue colour, blackish on the 
roof; the angle of the mouth reddish. Eye-rim vermilion; iris 
bright indian red. Tibia naked for f in., tarsus If in.; mid-toe 
1^ in., its claw Legs bright madder-pink; soles pale dingy 
yellow, with sharp claws. 
Tibial tendons rigid. Gizzard roundish, about f in. in dia¬ 
meter, flattened, and somewhat muscular, lined with a moveable 
greenish cuticle set with broad rugae. Caeca situate If in. from 
anus; left ^ long, right f, both of uniform size throughout. 
It would be needless to add here a list of the marine Scolopa- 
cid(B, Anseridce, &c., because it is pretty certain that all these 
migratory sea-birds that are found at Amoy are also found at 
Hongkong, and therefore reference can easily be made to my 
Amoy list, if the reader should wish for a notice of them. I 
may, however, add to the list of Ducks the Shoveller, 
Rhynchaspis clypeata (Linn.), 
which was brought in great abundance to the Hongkong market 
amongst other Ducks. 
IV .—Note on the Anatomy of Cephalopterus penduliger. 
By T. C. Eyton, F.Z.S. 
I received only the body of this bird, taken out of one of the 
specimens sent home by Mr. Fraser, and described, in the 'Pro¬ 
ceedings^ of the Zoological Society, by Mr. Sclater (1860, p. 6/). 
The greater portion of the intestines was gone. 
