PORZAN^ ^E I ICOPHRYS ; Gmid.
W h i t e - e y e b r o w e d W a t e r C r a k e .
Porzana leucophrys,
Al-man-du-ar-ga, Aborigines of Pört Essington:-
è g } , |H B ttö^uorlBeriipirt-. t ' lu i tM ^ w lw r ib t fnqiieüts thé thick dumps of
vjMii^rjTvcjrwi-fhi^ uiiit; tin 1 i k ' l 7 It is 1 -omnvhit timih i£ lm d aml i- hut'hitlg! disturbed by the
approach ui J S S S f f l ^ , tiiru in ir jp ^ J lfed ^ n S lB y u n ^ B f hrioeh,' tn lp pW ajgaffie at him, and
uutL its veiv siifj;ul^ilanil, dSiLri!BdiUTinic. ^ @ 6 apparent -alarm. Occasionally
several are heprd-in jcjhorus.^Ky^^mpting to excel each' other in noisé^^ïl is by no means difficult to
obtain- specmSs", except- when the watgr im S F deepito admit o f w ^ ^ V o i i f tM h c roots of (he mangroves.
A ^ e f i i t has only l^e.en- observed on one lake ‘l^^hpiDti/haf as'the natives are perfectly
"Scipumiied with ir it is dóU,l^e.ss afAnhhir11 on some' Other part ofthfi Coboilrg Peirinsnh;,
Tbejjtpmhcbs’ o f th a s è id i^ e c fe d - 'w ^ in o s cö h ^ ^ ^ S ^ tó e 'd thé remains of insects o f various kinds,
and'a large proportion_of^saif&v' -'\i '[ '
-Tb ejoiA g^ iH K f- from rho aijiik^bp vipj” oulv an indifition oi tlii m ^ ^ o n tin lice, m hiving the
lÉ & l o o f^ ^ h é é y brown instead | |S |nwnish black, ipd tbe^ d es of|liie pScfcand A«*» deeP buffinstead
. o f dark . . . . M H j f l
From the- base man dib le^lb e posterior angle o f i$e/eye a streak o f greyish white j from the
\ » o tnrhe aajn c broad ]> it< b ot deep black fc & W ofyfte bead brownish S a c k ; neck' °PPer
surfac 1 md m l biowqifU black, each % 5 h p m a p p ed with p a l^ p p s ^ * the latter colourhemmsiog very
^ ^ ' i n i o y ^ i n tl e wjpg-coverss and scapulariesi wings pale b ^ w u f t j^ e s o f the b e ad ,^ d s 'a a d breast
w centres? the gbdom&'whi^i fla n k s a ^ u n ^ p & o o v e r t s 'r^ o u s , upper mandible reddisS
brawi;~tpram££Eoth mandibles tile-red; legs a n d fe e \ u ll-g^ |^ t id ie d lv ftb 'B g^ t asb-eolour.
'-The figures representjjfflfimfcand a young bir||pj|the natural 'sijte/g"