Adult (sexes alike).--Above olive-brown; below bluish slate-gray, most intense on breast, lighter on chin, throat, and middle of abdomen; flanks and thighs dull olive-brown; under tail-coverts ruddy brown. Iris red; bill sea-green; legs dirty yellow; nails brown. Length of a male from Bohol, 330; wing, 175; tail, 63; culmen from base, 37; tarsus, 65; middle toe with claw, 70. Length of a male from Calayan, 305; wing, 178; tail, 57; culmen from base, 41; tarsus, 69; middle toe with claw, 73. A female from Mindoro, May 6, 1905, measures: Length, 290; wing, 165; tail, 53; culmen from base, 37; tarsus, 57; middle toe with claw, 64. "A common bird, snared in abundance by the natives. Two sets of eggs were obtained by us in Siquijor. The nest was in each case placed on a slight elevation, and was a mere heap of dried leaves and grasses. The ground-color of the eggs is rather a rich creamy buff. They are heavily blotched and spotted with a rich light chocolate-brown, the blotches being more numerous at the larger end, where they are often confluent. A few inconspicuous lilac markings are also present. The eggs measure from 40.6 to 43 in length, and from 29 to 32 in greatest breadth." (Bourns and Worcester MS.) Oates describes two eggs collected in Siquijor in February by the Steere Expedition. "The eggs of the Philippine crake are of a broad oval form, and they have but little gloss. The ground is creamy white, and this is spotted, streaked, and blotched, more thickly at the larger end than elsewhere, with reddish brown and underlying pale purple. Two examples measure respectively 41.9 by 30.9; 39.3 by 28.7." A nest of this species found at Balete, Mindoro, was well hidden in a clump of saw-grass. It was very weakly made of dry grass and had a deep cup. The single egg was heavily incubated when taken on May 20. It measures 41.6 by 30.9 mm. The ground-color is pale creamy white. Small spots and fine dots of reddish brown are scattered over the whole shell, but more numerously on the larger end where there are also two large blotches of lavender. A few small lavender dots are scattered over the entire surface. 68. AMAURORNIS PHOENICURA (Pennant). WHITE-BREASTED WATERHEN. Gallinula phoenicurus Pennant, Ind. Zool. (1769), 10, pl. 9. Amaurornis phoenicura Sharpe, Cat. Birds Brit. Mus. (1894), 23, 156; Hand-List (1899), 1, 106; Oates, Cat. Birds' Eggs (1901), 1, 121, pl. 9, fig. 5. Amaurornis phoenicura Blanford, Fauna Brit. Ind. Birds (1898), 4, 173, fig. 36 (head). Amauronis phoenicura McGregor and Worcester, Hand-List (1906), 18 (error). Sally-quawk, in general use.