The reduction of Zn(II) from aqueous I M NaClO4 solution in the presence of 1 mM HClO4 was studied at dropping gallium and mercury electrodes. The dropping microelectrode technique was succesfully extended to the use of gallium as the electrode material. Net Zn(II)/Zn(Ga) waves were obtained after subtracting the H3O+ reduction current recorded in the absence of the Zn(II)/Zn(Ga) couple from the experimental voltammograms. The waves obtained at the conventional dropping gallium electrode proved to be reversible and occurred around E(f)(0)(Zn(II)/Zn(Ga)) = -0.989 V vs. SSCE. On the short timescale of the dropping gallium and mercury microelectrodes the Zn(II) reduction appeared quasi-reversible, which made it possible to determine the kinetic parameters of the reaction. The Zn(II) reduction al liquid gallium was found to proceed via the same two-step electron transfer mechanism as that established earlier at mercury. Within the entire accessible potential range the reduction rate constant at gallium was found to be about four times higher than that at mercury.