. Birds. Birds. QALLICBEX. 177 Gallicrex oristata, Blyth, Cat. p. 283; , B. I. iii, p. 716- Blyth, Ibis, 1867, p. 171; J. A. S. B. xli, pt. 2 P" J^?' Adam, S. F. i, p. 397; Blyth Sf Wald. Birds Burm. p. 161; Blanford, S. F. v, p. 247; Butkr, S. F. vii, p. 187 ; l>im,son, Ibis, 1832, p, 94; LittUdale, Jour. Bom. N. v p. 416; Lester, op. cit. xi, p. 321. Gallierex einerea, Wcdden, Ibis, 1873, p. 317 ; Hume, N. & E -o 596 • Hume, 8. F. ii, p. 300; Cfripps, ibid. p. 6:U; Hume ^ , S. F. Ill, p. 187; Oates, S. F. v, p. 165; Wardl. Bams. Ibis 1877, p. 471;
. Birds. Birds. QALLICBEX. 177 Gallicrex oristata, Blyth, Cat. p. 283; , B. I. iii, p. 716- Blyth, Ibis, 1867, p. 171; J. A. S. B. xli, pt. 2 P" J^?' Adam, S. F. i, p. 397; Blyth Sf Wald. Birds Burm. p. 161; Blanford, S. F. v, p. 247; Butkr, S. F. vii, p. 187 ; l>im,son, Ibis, 1832, p, 94; LittUdale, Jour. Bom. N. v p. 416; Lester, op. cit. xi, p. 321. Gallierex einerea, Wcdden, Ibis, 1873, p. 317 ; Hume, N. & E -o 596 • Hume, 8. F. ii, p. 300; Cfripps, ibid. p. 6:U; Hume ^ , S. F. Ill, p. 187; Oates, S. F. v, p. 165; Wardl. Bams. Ibis 1877, p. 471; Hume Sr Dav. S. F. vi, p. 466; Ball, S. F. vii, p, 220 ; Cripps, ibid. p. 305; Hume, Cat. no. 904; Legge, Birds Ct>ul. p. 791; Barnes, S. F. x, p. 167; id. Birds Bom. p. 367 ; id. Jour. Bom N. H. Soc. vi, p. 137, fl^. 904 (egg) ; Oates, B. B. ii, p. 349; id. m Hume's N. 8r E. 2ad ed. iii, p. 387; Hum^ & Cripps, S. P. xi, p. 327 ; Sharpe, Cat. B. M. xxiii, p. 183. , Kora, Kongra, H. &c.; Kettala, Cin<r. in North Oej'lon; Willi- kiikulii in Soutli; Tannir-koli, Tarn. (Ceylon) ; Boun^ote, Fig. 38.—Head of G. cinereus. \. Coloration. Males in summer planiage have the head, neck, and lower parts black, more or less tinged with grey, and generally with some white mixed on the abdomen ; back, rump, scapulars, and upper surface of wings blackish brown with ashy- grey borders to the back-feathers, scapulars, and some of the coverts, and light brown borders elsewhere; quills and tail- feathers blackish brown; white on the edge of the wing and on the outer web of the 1st primary; under tail-covei-ts bnffy white with dark brown bars. In autumn the male moults into the female garb, which it wears in winter, the breeding-plumage being reassumed in spring, by change of colour in the feathers according to Blyth. Females are dark brown above, with pale brown edges to the feathers except on the crown ; sides of head and neck lighter brown; lower parts light brown to pale
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