3. nYi'OT.r.xiDiA. 



43 



i'. J ad. sk. 



//. Ad. sk. 



I'. Ad. sk. 



vi. Ad. .'^k. 

 w'. Ad. .sk, 

 (/. Ad. .-k. 



;/. .\d. sk. 



q'. v. Ad. sk. 



s',t'. $ ad.sk. 



n'-u''. $ ad. sk. 



.1'. Skeleton. 

 //. Skull. 



Islnnd in Foveaux Straits, 



New Zealand. 

 New Zealand. 



New Zealand. 



New Zealand. 

 Kahnliiulai, New Britain. 

 Samoa. 



Samoa. 



Samoa. 



Ovalaii, Fiji, Jidy (F. M. 



Ttayner). 

 Ovalan, ()ct.-l)ec. {E. L. 



Lm/ard). 

 Australia. 

 Cape York'. 



Capt. Stokes [r.]. 



Colonial Museum 



[P-l. 

 Miss R. Stone [P.]. 

 (Type of R. assiniilis.) 

 S'ir G. Grey fl'.]. 

 Rev. G. Brown [C.]. 

 Rev. J. B. Stair 



[P.l 

 Rev. J. S. "Wliitmee 



[C.]. 

 J. Gould, Rsq. 

 Voy.II.M.S.'IIerald.' 



Tweeddale Coll. 



Purchased. 

 Voy. II.xAI.S. ' Rattle- 

 snake.' 



Subsp. a. Hypotaenidia macquariensie. 



Rallu? niacquarien.sis, Huftnn, If>i,% 1870, p. 454 (Macquarie Island) : 

 Sri. P. X. S. 1881, p. 9(J8; JJuller, B. N. Zeal. 2nd ed. ii. p. Do, 

 note (1888). 



Adult. Similar to IT. jihilippinensis, but almost unspotted on the 

 back ; underneath dingy grey, with the pectoral band maroon in 

 the centre in.stead of being entirely orange. Total length Id inches, 

 culmen 1-4, wing 5-15, tail 2, tarsus l-ao, middle toe and claw 

 1-S. 



Hah. Macquarie Island. 



(i,h. 6 2 «J- sli 



^lacquarie I.4and. 



P. L. Selater, Esq. [P.]. 



4. Hypotaenidia torqiiata. 



Le Ra.sle a collier des riiilij)])ines, Brm. Orn. v. p. 170, pi. lo. fig. 1 



(1760). 

 Rallus torquatus, Linn. Si/.^f. Xat. i. p. 262 (1766) ; Gm. Si/st. Naf. 



i. p. 714 (1788) ; J'leill.'y. Diet, (rilid. Nat. xxviii. p. 5o2 (181!)) : 



Mfi/en, N. Ada Acad. C. L.-C. Cur. x.wi. Su2)pl. i. p. 108, pi. H) 



(18':{4). 

 Le Tiklin a collier, Buf. Hi.«f. Naf. Ois:. viii. p. 162 (1781). 

 Randed Rail, Laf/i. Gen. .Si/n. iii. pt. 1, p. 2;?:^ C1785). 

 Rallus lineatus, /^csv. Traile, p. /i.'Jd (^ex Car. J/.S'-S'. in Mu.<. PariK) : 



Pitcher. Her. et Mai/, de Zool. \S')\, ]>. 276. 

 Eulabeoruis turquatus, Gra;i, Gen. B. iii. p. 595 (1846); id. Hand-l. 



B. iii. p. 57, no. 10375 (1871). 

 IIvpot-Tnidia torquata, />/). C. R. xliii. p. 500 (18.i6) ; Sehl. Mh<. 



'j'ai/s-Has. Ralli. p. 22 (18li5) ; Pelz. Ihi.^, 187:5. ]). 4:5 : U'aldr,,. 



Tr. Z. S. ix. p. .-Jl (1875) : Tireedd. P. /. -S. 1S77, ]>. 702 (Luzon), 



p. 768 (Cebu), p. 831 (Butuan) ; id. P. Z. S. 1878, p. 114 (Uinagal), 



p. 288 (Negros), p. 345 (S. Leyte). 



