10 EALLIDiE. 



0. 2 ad. sk. Brownsville, Texas, Mar. 28 Salvin-Godman Coll. 



(F. B. Annstronff). 

 p. Ad. sk. San Cristobal, Cuba (G. F. Salvin-Godman Coll. 



Gau7}ier). 



Subsp. a. Eallus beldingi. 



Eallus beldingi, Eidffw. Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. v. p. 345 (1882) ; 

 Belding, t. c. p. 545 ; Baird, Brewer, Sf Ridgw. Water-B. N. Amer. 

 i. p. 35(3 (1884) ; A. O. U. Check-l. N. Amer. B. p. 140 (1886) ; 

 Midffw. Man. p. 138 (1887). 



Adult. Flanks hair-brown, distinctly barred with pure white, the 

 white bars bordered on each side by a blackish bar ; ground-colour 

 of upper parts olive ; lores dark brown, bordered above by a stripe 

 of pale cinnamon. Length about 15-16 inches, wing 5-7-6'4 

 (average 6-03), culmen 2-25-2-50 (2-37), least depth of bill 0-29- 

 0-35 (0-31), depth at base 0-5, tarsus 1-88-2-1 (1-93), middle toe 

 1-75-1-90 (1-81). {Cf. Eidgw. Man. p. 138.) 



Sab. Eastern coast of Lower California (La Paz, Espiritu Santo 

 Island, &c.). 



Subsp. /3. Eallus tenuirostris. 



Eallus longirostris (nee Bodd.), Scl. P. Z. S. 1864, p. 179 (City of 



Mexico). 

 Rallus elegans, var. tenuirostris, Laxvr. MSS. ; Ridgio. Amer. Nat. 



viii. p. 14 (1874) ; id. Bull. Nutt. Orn. Club, v. p. 139 (1880), note. 

 Rallus elegans tenuirostris, Ridyw. Bull. Nutt. Orn. Club, v. p. 139 



(1880) ; Baird, Breiver, Sf Ridr/w. Water-B. N. Atner. i. p. 354 



(1884); Ferrari-Perez, Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus.ix. p. 177 (1886: 



Tlaxcala). 

 Eallus tenuirostris, Ridgxo. Man. N. Amer. B. p. 138 (1887). 



Adult. Similar to R. elegans, but distinguished by the brown 

 colour of the lower flanks, which are numerously crossed by narrow 

 whity-brown bars. Total length 16 inches, ciilmeu 2-2, wing 5-9, 

 tail 2-35, tarsus 2, middle toe and claw 2'3. 



Rah. Valley of Mexico. 



a, h. Ad.; c. Imm. sk. Near the City of Mexico. Salvin-Godman Coll. 

 d. Juv. sk. Mexico. Old Coll. 



2. Rallus longirostris. 



Eale a long bee de Cayenne. Daubent. PL Enl. ix. pi. 849. 

 Le Rale a long bee. Buff. Hist. Nat. Ois. viii. p. 163 (1781). 

 Long-billed Rail, Lath. Gen. Sijn. iii. pt. i. p. 237 (1785). 

 Rallus longirostris, Bodd. Tahl. PI. F77I. p. 52 (1783) ; Gm. Syst. 



Nat. i. p. 718 (1788) ; Rcichenb. Handb., Fulicarice, Taf. cvi. 



figs. 1150-1151 (pt., 1851); Bp. C. R. xliii. p. 598 (1856); Schl. 



Mus. Bays-Bas, Ralli, p. 11 (1865, pt.) ; Scl. Sf Salv. P. Z. S. 



1868, p. 444 (pt.) ; Maijn. B. East. N. Amer. p. 427 (1879) ; Ridgio. 



Bull. Nutt. Orn. Club, v. p. 139 (1880) ; Baird, Breicer, Sf Ridgw. 



Water-B. N. Amer. i. p. 358 (1884) ; Salvin, Ibis, 1886, p. 176. 



