1894.] NATURAL, SCIENCES OF PHILADELPHIA. 137 



a. Those allied to H. striatus which have the bars on the wing 



feathers all white and which make an easy transition to 



Rallus through B. bi-achijnis. 

 h. Those allied to R. philippensis which have the bars on the 



^nng feathers reddish brown, except the two outermost 



primaries, 

 c. Those allied to H. celehensis, Anth the upper surface not 



striped and the throat black. 



Hypotaenidia striata {Linn.). 



Rallus striata Linn., S. N. ed. 12 (1766) I, p. 262. 



Hab. Philippine Islands. 



Hypotaenidia gularis (Horsf.). 



Rallus guIarisBiOYsl, Tr. Linn. Soc, XIII, 1822, p. 196. 



Hab. Java. 



Hypotaenidia superciliaris (Eyton). 



Rallm .superciliaris Eyton, Ann. & Mag. N. H., XVI, 1845, p. 



230. 



Rallina telmatophila Hume, Stray Feathers, VII, p. 142. 



Hab. Malacca. 



This will probably prove synonymous with the preceding. 



Hypotaenidia iouyi (Stejn.). 



Rallus Jomji Stejn., Proc. U. S. N. M., Vol. 9, 1886, p. 263. 



Hab. China (probably India, also). 



Hypotaenidia obscuriora Hume. 



Hi/potaeuidia obscuriora Hume, Stray Feathers, II, p. 302 (Jan. 



1874). 



Hypotaenidia ferrea Walden, Ibis, 1874, p. 147 (April 1874). 



Hab. Andaman Isl. 



Hypotaenidia abnormis Hume. 



Hypotaenidia abnormis Hume, Stray Feathers, 1875, p. 389. 



Hab. Southern Andamans. 



Hypotaenidia philippensis (Linn). * 



Rallus philippensis Linu, S. N. ed, 12, I, p. 263. 



Rallus pectoralis Gould, Bii'ds of Austral,, Vol. VI, PL 76 (nee 

 Cuvier). 



Rallus etorques Temm., fide Schlegel Mus. Pays Bas, V., p. 23. 



Rallu.t hypotuenidia "Bonap. ," fide Verr. & DesMur., Rev. 

 & Mag. Zool., 1860, p. 537. 



RaUusfosteriYl2Lvt\., Wiegm. Arch. f. Naturg. , 1852, p. 136. 



Rallus hypoleucus Finsch & Hartl., Orn. Centralpol., p. 163. 



Rallus p'ictus Potts, Trans. N. Z. Inst., IV, p. 202 (1871). 



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