Dr. T. H. Streets on a new Moorhen. 
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-j~. Angus stoltdus (L.); Salvad. t. c. p. 379. 
a,b. $ $ . Bintulu. Iris very dark brown; bill black; 
legs soot-brown. 
[These birds are scarce on the Sarawak coast. The above 
pair made their appearance* along with two or three more, 
in a gale of wind during the N.E. monsoon.—A. E.] 
II.— Description of anew Moorhen from the Hawaiian Islands. 
By Thomas H. Streets, M.D., U.S. Navy. 
Gallinula sandvicensis, sp. nov. 
Gallmula chloropus, Peale, Orn. U.S. Expl. Exp. p. 220. 
G. Gallinula chloropodi sat similis, sed major, alis brevioribus, 
clypeo frontali multo majore, coloribus saturatioribus, 
abdomine concolori, campterio vix albo, tarsis antice ru- 
bescentibus. 
Frontal shield of Gallinula sandvicensis. 
Frontal plate very large, terminating square on the top of 
the head, much inflated, its posterior margin on a line with 
the posterior margin of the orbit; laterally it encroaches on 
the orbit, leaving but a narrow feathered space between them; 
the bill shorter than the head, thick, compressed; wings 
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