=====================+=====+=========+========+===========+======== | | | Bill | Bill | SUBSPECIES | No. | Wing | from | from | Tarsus | | | rictus | nostril | ---------------------+-----+---------+--------+-----------+-------- _G. c. indica_ | 15 | 164 | 27 | 14.4 | 48 | | 158-173 | 24-29 | 13.1-18.1 | 44-50 | | | | | _G. c. orientalis_ | 3 | 152 | 27 | 13.8 | 45 | | 146-152 | 26-29 | 13.1-14.4 | 44-46 | | | | | _G. c. lozanoi_ | 11 | 164 | 27 | 14.5 | 50 | | 153-170 | 24-29 | 13.1-15.2 | 45-57 | | | | | _G. c. guami_ | 11 | 164 | 27 | 14.7 | 49 | | 156-171 | 24-28 | 13.1-16.2 | 47-56 | | | | | _G. c. sandvicensis_ | 2 | 150-158 | 27 | 13.4 | 52-56 ---------------------+-----+---------+--------+-----------+-------- _Weights._--From Guam an adult male weighed 291 grams and an adult female 256 (Baker, 1948:49). _Specimens examined._--Total number, 42 (16 males, 22 females, 4 unsexed), as follows: Mariana Islands, USNM--Guam, 5 (Feb. 24, May, June 5, 7, 18--Tinian, 3 (Oct. 12, 18)--Saipan, 3 (Sept. 28, 30); AMNH--Guam, 25 (Feb. 21, April 6, July 13, 28, 30, Aug. 1, 3, 6, 7, 13, 19, 23, 30, 31, Sept. 3, 17, Dec. 11--Tinian, 5 (June 11, Sept. 12, 13, 14). _Nesting._--Hartert (1898:63) reports nests of the Gallinule at Guam in grass and on swampy ground in December and March. A male with enlarged gonads was taken by the NAMRU2 party at Guam on June 7. Marshall (1949:219) is of the opinion that this bird breeds all year. _Food habits._--Seale (1901:31) found grass, insects, and larvae in stomachs obtained at Guam.