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Show 1885.] DURING THE VOYAGE OF THE YACHT ' MARCHESA.' 273 a-c. 3 . Sulu Island. d. 2 • Sulu Island. Iris bright rosy red, in the female not nearly so bright. Bill slate-blue; tarsus chrome-yellow. Length 14*0-14*5 centims. ; wing 6*8-7*0 centims. This minute Quail was to be found in abundance all over Sulu Island in the month of May, lying in the long grass in twos and three?, rarely or never in bevies. The natives snared them, and brought them alive to us in numbers for sale. 59. GALLICREX CINEREA (Gmelin). Gallicrex cinerea, Wald. Tr. Z. S. vol. ix. pt. 229 ; id. P. Z. S. 18/8, p. 953. Gallicrex cristata (Lath.), Salvad. Uccelli di Borneo, p. 340. Hab. Luzon (Dussumier, Cuming) ; Mindanao (Everett) ; Sulu (Guillemard) ; Borneo (Mottley). a. 3 - Sulu Island. Iris brown ; bill brown, pale beneath ; feet dark brown. 60. ERYTHRA PHOSNICURA (Forster). Erythra phcenicura, Wald. Tr. Z. S. vol. ix. pt. 2, p. 229 ; id. P. Z. S. 1877, p. 833, 1878, p. 953; Salvad. Ucc. di Borneo, p. 340. Hab. Mindanao (Everett); Sulu (Guillemard); Celebes (Forster, fyc.) ; Borneo (Doria, Beccari, fyc.J. a, b. 3 . Sulu Island. c, d. 2 ' Sulu Island. Iris bright pinkish red ; bill pea-green, base of upper mandible scarlet; tarsus dull yellow. This widely distributed Gallinule was common along the Meimbun river. Some examples have the forehead white ; in others it is black, or with only one or two scattered white feathers. 61. HYPOT^ENIDIA STRIATA (Linnaeus). Hypotaenidia striata, Wald. Tr. Z. S. vol. ix. pt. 2, p. 232 ; id. P. Z. S. 1877, pp. 768, 884 ; Salvad. Uccelli di Borneo, p. 336. Rallus striatus, Linn. S. N . i. p. 262 (1766), ex Briss. Hab. Luzon (Gevers) ; Zebu, Leyte, and Mindanao (Everett) ; Sulu (Guillemard) ; Celebes (Wallace); Borneo (Mottley, fyc). a. 3 . Sulu Island. b. 2 • S u l u Island. Iris orange; bill brown, with the proximal and inferior part bright red; tarsus leaden black. The female is a paler bird, and has the barring of the entire upper surface and wings much less marked. Beneath, the barring in the male extends much higher up than in the female. |
