24 EALLID^ 



v". Skeleton. England. Pureha-^efl. 



w". Skull. England. - Yarrell Coll. 



.1-". Skull. England. 



y", z", a\ Skulls. S. Germany. Dr. GUnther [P.]. 



'h^. Sternum. England. T. Ingall, Esq. [P.]. 



8. Rallus indicus. 



Rallus indicus, BIyth, J. A. S. Beng. xviii. p. 820 (1849) ; id. Cat. 

 B. Mus. As. Soc. p. 286 (1849: Calcutta) ; id. J. A. S. Benif. 

 xxviii. p. 218(1850) ; Jerd. B Ind. iii. p. 726 (1864, pt.) ; Blyih, 

 Ibis, 1867, p. 172, 1870, p. 176, 1873, p. 80 ; Tacz. J. f. O. 1873, 

 p. 106 (Dauuria) ; Leyge, Ibis, 1874, p. 31 (Colombo) ; Swinh. t. c. 

 p. 163 (Hakodadi) ; Hmne, Str. F. iii. p. 416 (1875) ; Bhjth, B. 

 Burm. p. 162 (1875) ; Tacz. Bull. Son. Zool. France, i. p. 259 

 (1876) ; Prjev. in Roivlei/s Orn. Misc. iii. p. 93 (1878: Tsaidam, 

 Lake Hanlva, Hoangho Valley) ; David Sf Oust. Ois. Chine, 

 p. 489 (1877) ; Blakist. Sj- Pn/f.r, Ibis, 1878, p. 225 ; Hume ^• 

 Marsh. Game B. Ind. iii. p. 257, pi. 44 (1879) ; Hume, Str. F. vii. 

 p. 489 (1878: Calcutta), 1879, p. 113; Le(j(je, B. Cci/lon, p. 778 

 (1879); ScHlly,Ihis,lQd,\, p. 591 ; Blukist. Chnjs. 1882, p. 523, 

 1883, p. 28 ; id. Amended List B. Japan, p. 13 (1884) ; Joiiy, 

 Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. vi. p. 317 (1883); Oates, B. Brit. Burin. 

 ii. p. 342 (1883 : Arakan) ; Swinh. if Barnes, Ibis, 1885, p. 135 

 (Mhow district); Stejneger, Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. ix. p. 402 

 (1886) ; Olphf'-GcdUard, Contr. Fami. Orn. Fur. occid. fasc. xvi. 

 p. 6, note (1887) ; Beid, Str. F. x. p. 453 (1887: Lucknow) ; id. 

 Cat. B. Lucknow Mus. p. 256 (1890 : Calcutta) ; Seeb. B. Japan. 

 Fmp. p. 359 (1890) ; Sti/a^i, Ibis, 1891, pp. 329, 500 (Yangtze) ; 

 W. L. Sclater, Ibis, 1892, p. 87 (type). 



Rallus aquaticus [nee L.), Temm. i^ Schl. Favn. Japan., Aves, p. 122 

 (1850); Swi7ih. P. Z. S. 1863, p. 322 (Tientsin); Badde, Beis. 

 Sibir., Voff. p. 311 (1863: Ussuri) ; Whitely, Ibis, 1867, p. 20B 

 (Hakodadi); Finsch, Verh. z.-b. Ges. Wien, xxii. p. 267 (1872: 

 Yokohama) ; Martens, Preuss. Fxjyed. Ost-Asien, Zool. Th. i. 

 p. 371 (1876 : Yokoliania). 



Rallus aquaticus, /3. japonicus, Bp. C. B. xliii. p. 598 (1856). 



Rallus aquaticus, c. indicus, Bp. t. c. p. 598 (1856). 



Rallus aquaticus, pt., Schl. Mus. Pays-Bas, Ralli, p. 10 (1865). 



Rallus aquaticus, var., i)yb. Sr Parr'. J.f. O. 1868, p. 338 (Dauria). 



Rallus japonicus, Jerd. B. Ind. ii. p. 727, note (1863) ; Dresser, B. 

 ^z«r.Vii. p. 261 (1878). 



Rallus aquaticus indicus, Seeb. B. Japan. Emp>. p. 359 (1890). 



Adult male. Similar to B. aquaticus but darker nnd more ochreous 

 brown, and distinguished by its wbitish eyelid and a distinct streak 

 of ochreous brown spotted with blackish running through the eye 

 and extending along the ear-coverts. Total length 9'8 inches, 

 culmen 1"G, wing 5, tail 2-1, tarsus 1*45. 



Adult female. Similar to the male, but smaller, and having white 

 bands on the outer wing-coverts. Total length 9 inches, culmen 

 1'45, wing 4-8, tail 1-85, tarsus 1-25. 



Mr. Hume gives the following notes, made by himself, on the 

 colouring of the soft parts in a series : — " The irides of the adult 

 are red, in younger birds they are pale yellowish brown, brownish 



