. Birds. Birds. POUPIIYBIO. 179 Boig, S. F. viii, p: 371 ; Legge, Birds Ceyl p. 795; Bingham, S. F. ix, p. 197; Parker, ibid. p. 483 ; id. Ibis, 1883, p. 194 ; 1886, p. 187; Barnes, S. F. ix, p. 459; Iteid, 8. F. x, p. 72; Davidson, ibid. p. 322; McGrec/or, ibid. p. 441; Simson, Ibis, 1882, p. 94; Gates, B. B. ii, p. 351; Swinh. 8c Barnes, Ibis, 1885, p. 135 ; Barnes, Birds Bom. p. 365; id. Jour. Bom. N. H. Soc. i, p. 59; vi, p. 135, fig. 902 (egg); mime, S. F. xi, p. 326; St. John, Ihis, 1889, p. 177 ; Oates in Hume's N. ^ E. 2iid ed. iii, p. 384 ; Sharpe, Cat. B. M. xxiii, p. 197.' Porphyrio
. Birds. Birds. POUPIIYBIO. 179 Boig, S. F. viii, p: 371 ; Legge, Birds Ceyl p. 795; Bingham, S. F. ix, p. 197; Parker, ibid. p. 483 ; id. Ibis, 1883, p. 194 ; 1886, p. 187; Barnes, S. F. ix, p. 459; Iteid, 8. F. x, p. 72; Davidson, ibid. p. 322; McGrec/or, ibid. p. 441; Simson, Ibis, 1882, p. 94; Gates, B. B. ii, p. 351; Swinh. 8c Barnes, Ibis, 1885, p. 135 ; Barnes, Birds Bom. p. 365; id. Jour. Bom. N. H. Soc. i, p. 59; vi, p. 135, fig. 902 (egg); mime, S. F. xi, p. 326; St. John, Ihis, 1889, p. 177 ; Oates in Hume's N. ^ E. 2iid ed. iii, p. 384 ; Sharpe, Cat. B. M. xxiii, p. 197.' Porphyrio neglectus, Schlei/el, Mus. Pays-Bos, v, Malli, p. 53 (1865); mtme, N. 8r E. p. 594; id. S. F. i, pp. 125, 136, 249; Bume ^ Oates, 8. F. iii, p. 185. Kaim, Kalim, Kharim, Khima, II.; Nila boU-hodi, Tel.; Kittala, Cing.; Indura-kukula, do. (S. Province) ; Sannary, Taui., ¥ig.'d^—'Re&i o{ P. poUooephalus (from above). }. Coloration. Head pale brownish grey, ting;ed with coWt on cheeks and throat, and passing on the nape into the deep purplish lilac of the hind neck, back, rump, and upper tail-coverts; wings outside, scapulars, and breast light greenish blue ; abdomen and flanks like the back; wing- and tail-feathers black, blue on the exposed portions; under tail-coverts white. No imm nture plumage; nestlings on leaving the egg are clad in black down like other Rails and Water-hens. The grey of the-head is due, partly at all events, to the wearing away of the feathers. Bill and casque deep red, tinged brown in places ; irides deep red ; legs and feet pale red, brown at joints (Davison). Length 17; tail 3-75; wing 10; tarsus 3'2; bill from gape 1"5. Females are rather smaller. Distribution. Throughout the plains of India, Ceylon, and Burma, in suitable localities. This bird is replaced in the Malay .Peninsula and to the eastward by different species, but ranges throughout South-western Asia to the Caspian. ' ' Habits, Sfc. The Purple Moorhen or, as Jerdou call
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