. The birds of the Japanese Empire. Birds. PYGOPODES. 361 joint 6| to 6 inches). The central under tail-coverts are black, but the lateral ones are white. Figures : Dresser, Birds of Europe, vii. pi. 503. The Water-Hen is a resident in aU the Japanese Islands (Blakiston and Pryer, Ibis, 1878, p. 225). There are four examples in the Pryer collection from Yokohama, and three from the Loo-Choo Islands (Seebohm, Ibis, 1887, p. 180). Prom the last-named locality it was obtained by the Perry Expedition in 1854 (Cassin, Exp. Am. Squad. China Seas and Japan, ii. p. 245). The Water-Hen is a circumpolar
. The birds of the Japanese Empire. Birds. PYGOPODES. 361 joint 6| to 6 inches). The central under tail-coverts are black, but the lateral ones are white. Figures : Dresser, Birds of Europe, vii. pi. 503. The Water-Hen is a resident in aU the Japanese Islands (Blakiston and Pryer, Ibis, 1878, p. 225). There are four examples in the Pryer collection from Yokohama, and three from the Loo-Choo Islands (Seebohm, Ibis, 1887, p. 180). Prom the last-named locality it was obtained by the Perry Expedition in 1854 (Cassin, Exp. Am. Squad. China Seas and Japan, ii. p. 245). The Water-Hen is a circumpolar species, and is very common in the British Islands. Suborder XXX. PYGOPODES. The Grebes and the Divers possess the following characters, which are not combined in any other bird :— Cnemial process of tibia produced forwards to a remarkable degree; posterior processes of the ilium approximated to such an extent that. Femur and front part of tibia. the sacrum is almost entirely concealed; spinal feather-tract not defined on the neck; palate schizognathous. The Pygopodes consist of two families. The ColymUdce contain only four species, which are confined during the breeding-season to. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Seebohm, Henry, 1832-1895. London, R. H. Porter
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