IG. DRTOLIMXAS. 71 



and upper tail-covcrts uniform G;repnish olivo ; %ving-coverts liko 

 the back, but not streaked with black ; bastard-wing, primary- 

 coverts, and quills sooty brown, extcrnallj- olive-green, the inner 

 secondaries entirely of this colour and centred with black like the 

 back ; tail-feathers blackish, externally olive : crown of head and 

 hind neck, sides of neck, and under surface of bodj' deep vinous 

 chestnut, a little washed with dull olive on the top of the head ; 

 cheeks and throat white ; sides of 1)ody and flanks dark olive- 

 brown ; abdomen and tliighs dusky, barred with fulvous or ashy 

 buff; under tail-coverts blacker, with fulvescent bars; under wing- 

 coverts and axillarics black, broadly barred with white ; quills 

 dusky, with an olive gloss : " bill dark pinkish olive, with black 

 tip ; feet dark olive ; iris reddish '' (-S'. lioch). Total length 9*5 

 inches, culmen I'o, wing (5*7, tail 1'9, tarsus I'So. 



The amount of whitish barring on the abdomen varies greatly 

 with individuals, and in some instances it is entirely absent. The 

 specimens with uniform lower parts are apparently younger birds, 

 as they are also less distinctly streaked on the back. 



Huh. Madagascar and Mauritius. 



a. Ad. St. Madagascar. E. Wilson, Esq. [P.]. 



b. Ad. sk. Madagascar. Sir E. Belcher [P.]. 



c. d. Ad. .sk. Madajjascar. Mr. Gerravd [C.]. 

 e. Ad. sk. ^Madagascar {Rev. J. Wills). Gurney Coll. 



/, g, h. Ad. sk. Madagascar. Shelley Coll. 



J. Ad. .sk. Madagascar {r<illen). Tweeddale Coll. 



k,l. (S $ ad. sk. Ankafana Forest, Feb., March Tweeddale CoU, 



( W. D. Oncan). 

 m. $ ad. sk. Ankafana, March 14. Rev. W. Deans 



Cowan [C], 

 n. Ad. sk. Betsileo. Rev, G. Shaw [C], 



o. Skeleton. Madagascar. Rev, W, Deans 



Cowan [C], 



Subsp, n. Dryolimnas aldabranus, 



Rallus aldabranus, Gimtlier, Ann. df May. Xat. Hist. (5) iii, pp. 104- 

 108 (1879), 



A'lnh (type of species). Similar to D. cuvieri, but much paler 

 olive-brown, especially on the abdomen and sides of body, and with 

 a somewhat .shorter tarsus; the back very slightly streaked. Total 

 length 1U-.3 inches, culmen 1-S, wing 4-lio, tail 1-9.5, tarsus l*o.5, 



,\ younger bird has the abdomen banded with white, and the 

 back uniform without duskv streaks. 



Hah. Island of .Udabra,' 



a, b. Ad. et juv. sk. Aldabra Island. Capt. Wharton [P.]. 



(Types of species.) 



