76 EALLTD^. 



Adult female. Similar to the male in colour, but a little browner 

 and with less broad black bars on the under surface, the abdomen 

 being therefore whiter : " bill plumbeous ; feet coral-red ; iris 

 reddish brown " ( IF. Davison). Total length 9 inches, culmen 0-9, 

 wing 4"9, tail 1"9, tarsus 1"5. 



YoiuHf. Differs from the adult in being browner, the bands on 

 the wing being buify white ; sides of face, fore neck, and chest ashy 

 brown, with a rufous tinge, the throat whitish, as also the breast 

 and abdomen, which have a few bars of dusky blackish on the sides 

 of the body. 



Hah. From the Burmese countries south through the Indo- 

 Alalayan region to Celebes and the Moluccas. 



2. Rallina superciliaris. 



The Eail, Brown, Illustr. Zool. pi. .37. 



Eallus nigrolineatus, Gray, List Grallm Brit. Mas. p. 117 (1844, 



dcscr. nulla). 

 Zapoiuia nigrolineata, Hod(js. in Grai/s Zool. Misc. p. 86 (1844, nom. 



nudum). 

 Rallus superciliaris, Eyton, Ann. ^- Mag. N. H. xvi. p. 2-30 (1845) ; 



Hume, Sir. F. vii. p. 451 (1878), viii. p. 40 (1879). 

 Ortyo-ometra superciliaris, Hodys. Icon. ined. in Brit. Mas., Grallae, 



pi. lit; (no. 7(J5) ; Gray, Cat. Mamm. etc. Sepal, p. 14-3 (1816). 

 Corethrura superciliaris, Gray, Gen. B. iii. p. 595 (1846). 

 Porzana ceylonica (nee Gin.), Bli/th, Cat. B. Mas. As. Soc. p. 285 



(1849) ; Layard, Ann. .y .Vay. X. H. xiv. p. 2li7 (1854) ; J<-rd. B. 



Ind. iii. p. 725 (18(;4) ; Hume, Str. F. i. p. 440 (187-3: Sind). iii. 



p. 188 (1875), iv. p. 405 (1876 : Travaacore), vii. p. 465 (1878). 



