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Compared with a single female of H. s. gularis of Java, the above 

 specimens are larger, with longer, heavier bills. The three females 

 measm-e: Wing, 123, 122, 120 mm; culmen, 34, 37, 36 mm. 



Dr. W. L. Abbott took a male at Tanjong Kalong, Singapore, on 

 May 2, 1900. It measures: Wing, 123 mm; culmen, 35 mm. The 

 Bangkok male measures: Wing, 123 mm; culmen, 42 mm. The 

 male from Bung Borapet: Wing, 128 mm; culmen, 34 mm. 



A single female from Java {H. s. gularis) measures: Wing, 110 mm; 

 culmen, 32 mm. 



The series at my command is too small to define the range of the 

 present race with certainty, but it extends from India to French 

 Indo-China. In Siam it has been taken at Bangkok or vicinity, 

 Chiengmai, and in the Peninsula, but nowhere commonly. 



Herbert ^^ found it breeding in central Siam from early in June 

 until August and occasionally in September; six or seven eggs con- 

 stitute a set. De Schauensee ^^ records four specimens from Paknam 

 under the name H. s. gularis. 



RALLINA FASCIATA (Raffles) 



Rallus fasciatus Raffles, Trans. Linn. Soc. London, vol. 13, p. 328, 1S22 

 (Sumatra). 



Dr. W. L. Abbott collected one male and one female, Tyching, 

 Trang, Julj'^ 3 and 11, 1896. The male was caught on a nest with 

 five eggs; the female was taken from a nest with six eggs. Both sexes 

 must incubate. 



Dr. Abbott gives the colors of the soft parts as follows: Male — 

 iris vermilion, orbital skin and legs vermilion, claws horny brown; 

 bill black, leaden blue at base. Female — iris in two rings inner 

 yellow-orange, the outer dark red; eyelids red; feet pinkish red, 

 claws dark horny brown; bill leaden, black above. 



The eggs taken by Dr. Abbott are rounded-ovate, dull white with 

 a slight gloss, and measure as follows: 31.8 by 25, 32.7 by 24.9, 32.6 

 by 24.9, 32 by 24.8, 31.5 by 24.4, 32.8 by 24.3, 31.5 by 24.5, 32.8 by 

 24.8, 32.3 by 24.7, 30.6 by 24.6, and 31.5 by 24.7 mm (the set of six 

 given first). Average of the 11 eggs, 32 by 24.7 mm. 



Bonhote ^* records it from Patani; Robinson ^^ states that his party 

 found it common in the edges of the ricefields at Ban Koh lOap, 

 Bandon, the latter part of June and early in July 1913; later he 

 records a male taken on Pulo Terutau, November 1, 1913; Robin- 

 son and lOoss ^^ state that this species is highly migratory, though 



njourn. Siam Soc. Nat. Hist. Suppl., vol. fi, p. 340, 1926. 

 " Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia, vol. 8.6, p. 277, 1931. 

 '* Proc. Zool. Soc. London, 1901, vol. 1, p. 78. 

 » Journ. Federated Malay States Mus., vol. 5, p. 88, 1915. 

 w Journ. Nat. Hist. Soc. Siaai, vol. 5, p. 41, 1921. 



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