. Birds. Birds. GALLINITLA. 175 Genus GALLINULA, Brisson, 1760. Bill moderate, the basal portion of the culmen beat up on the forehead to form a frontal shield that is rounded behind; nostrils elongate. Toes fringed with a membrane and extremely long, the mid-toe without claw exceeding the tarsus in length. In the wing the 2nd quill is longest, or the 2nd and 3rd equal; the Ist is equal to the 5th or 6th. Of this genus, which is found throughout the greater part of the world, six species are enumerated in Sharpe's Catalogue, but only one occurs in India. 1402. Gallinula chloropus. The Mom-hen.


. Birds. Birds. GALLINITLA. 175 Genus GALLINULA, Brisson, 1760. Bill moderate, the basal portion of the culmen beat up on the forehead to form a frontal shield that is rounded behind; nostrils elongate. Toes fringed with a membrane and extremely long, the mid-toe without claw exceeding the tarsus in length. In the wing the 2nd quill is longest, or the 2nd and 3rd equal; the Ist is equal to the 5th or 6th. Of this genus, which is found throughout the greater part of the world, six species are enumerated in Sharpe's Catalogue, but only one occurs in India. 1402. Gallinula chloropus. The Mom-hen. Fulica chloropus, Linn. Syst. Nat. i, p. 258 (1766). Gallinula chloropus, Blyth, Cat. p. 286; Jerdon, B. 1. iii, p. 718; J. A. S. B. xxxix, pt. 2, p. 274; xlv, pt. 2, p. 84 ; Hume, S. F. i, p. 250; Adam, ibid. p. 398; StoUczka, 8. F. ii, p. 461 • Hume ^ Dates, S. F. iii, p. 187 j Blpth ^ Wald. Birds Barm. p. 162; Butkr, S. F. iv, p. 20; v, p. 224; ix, p. 431; Inglis, S. F. v, p. 46; Hume Sf Dav. S. F. vi, p. 466; Anders. Yunnan Exped., Aves p. 692; Ball Sr Hume, S. F. vii, p. 220; Legge, Birds Ceyl. p. 781; Hume, Cat. no. 905; Doig, S. F. viii, p. 371; Vidal, S. F. ix, p. 87; Parker, 8. F. ix, p. 483; Biddulph, Ibis, 1881, p. 98; 8(MUy, ibid. p. 690; Reid, 8. F. x, p. 73; Davison, ibid. p. 415; Macgregor, ibid. p. 441; Dates, B. B. ii, p. 347 : Baimes, Birds Bom. p. 368 ; id. Jour. Bom. JV. H. 8oo. i, p. 62; vi, p. 138; Parker, Ibis, 1886, p. 187 ; Hume, 8. F. xi, p. 328; Dates in Hume's N. 8r E. 2nd ed. iii, p. 389; 8harpe, Yarkand Miss., Aves, p. 146 ; id. Cat. B. M. xxiii, p. 169. Gallinula parvifrons, Blyth, J. A. 8. B. xii, p. 180 (1843). Gallinula burnesii, Blyth, J. A. 8. B. xxiii, p. 737 ; Jerdon, B. I. iii, p. 719; Blyth, Ibis, 1867, p. 171; Humx, N. Sr E. p. 599; id. Cat. no. 906. Jal-Murghi, H.; Dakah-paira, Bsng.; Jumbu-Kodi, Boli-Kodi, Fig. 37.—Head of G. chloropus. \. Coloration,. Head and neck blackish grey, passing into dark slaty grey on


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