18. RALLIXA. 79 



Rallina minaliasa, Grm/, Uaml-L B. iii. p. 58, no. 10401 (lb71) ; 

 Blasius, J.f. O. 1883, p. 140. 



Adult male (type of species). Similar to li. euryzonoides, but with 

 narrower white spots and Lars on the under wing-coverts and 

 breast. Differs from B. tricolor in being browner above and not so 

 ashy ; the lower breast, abdomen, and sides of body black, with 

 regular narrow cross bars of white ; long under tail-coverts black, 

 with olive-brown ends. Total length 10-5 inches, culmeu I'Ou, 

 wing 5-3, tail 2'-l, tarsus 1'5, middle toe and claw l'7o. 



Hab. Celebes and Sula Islands. 



a. cJ ad. sk, Tondauo, X. Celebes. Wallace Coll. 



(Type of species.) 



b. Ad. sk. Celebes. Tweeddale Coll. 



c. Ad. sk. Sula Islands. Wallace CoU. 



5. Eallina tricolor. 



RalHna tricolor, Gray, 1'. Z. S.. l^-ls^ p. 18>; (Aru Inlands) ; id. Cut. 

 B. 2\ew Gidm-a, pp. 52, 62 ; id. P. Z. S. 1859, p. 150 (Dorey) ; id. 

 P. Z. S. 1861, p. 438 ; Bosenb. J. f. 0. 1864, p. 2^3 ; Schl. Mus. 

 Pays-Bus, Kalli, p. ] 8 (18C5) ; id. N. T. D. iii. p. 349 (1860) ; Gould, 

 P. Z. S. L'^Oti, p. 218 (Cape York) ; Boseiib. Beis naar Zuidoos- 

 tereil. p. 53 (1867) ; Gould, B. Aiistr. Suppl. pi. 78 (lb69) ; Graif, 

 Jlund-l. B. iji. p. 58, no. 10400 (1871) ; fid. P. Z. S. 1877, p. 113 

 (Uiike of York Isl.) ; BuiiiMiy, t.c. p. 345 (Rockingham Bay; 

 nesting); Bosenb. Malay. Arc/iip. p. 37ii (Aru), p. 390 (187b); 

 Bamsay, Proc. Linn. Hoc. N. S. W. iii. p. 297 (1878: Laloki 

 Rivijr) ; UAlbert. if Salvad. Ann. Mu.<. Ge„oc. xiv. p. 129 (1879 : 

 Fly River) ; U' Albert. Xuorn Gain. p. S.'^S (b"^80) ; -Salcad. Ann. 

 Mus. Genov. xviii. p. 320 (lf<b2) ; id. Orn. I'apuusia etc. iii. p. 205 

 (1882) ; Meyer, Abbild. Voyel-.^ik. pts. 4 i: 5, p. 33, Taf. 42 (1883) ; 

 id. Zeitschr. yes. Orn. i. p. 294 (1884 : g^^^) ; Sehrk. J.f. O. 1885, 

 p. 35 (Waigiou) ; Bamsay, Tab. List Amfr. B. p. 21 (1888); 

 Salvad. Ayy. Orn. Fa/masia, iii. p. 190 (1891). 



Rallus tricolor, Gray, P. Z. S. 1858, p. 197 ; Finsch, Xeu-Guinea, 

 p. 181 (1865) ; Bosenb. Malay. Arch. p. oG3 (1878-79). 



Adult male (type of species). General colour above dark slaty 

 brown, with a slight tinge of olive, especially on the wiugs, the 

 (juills with whitish bars on the inner webs, sometimes faintly 

 traceable on the outer webs of the primaries ; innermost secondaries 

 uniform like the back ; tail-feathers blackish browu, with a slight 

 tinge of ruddy brown, which also pervades the lower back and 

 rump ; crown of head, hind neck, and upper mantle, as well as the 

 sides of the face and cheeks, sides of neck, fere neck, and breast, rich 

 vinous chestnut, the sides of the face rather lighter chcstimt ; throat 

 isabelline whitish, becoming gradually chestnut on the lower throat ; 

 remainder of under surface dark slaty grey, with a few bars of 

 sandy buff, more distinct on the lower flanks and under tail-coverts; 

 thighs uniform light ashy grey ; under wing-coverts and axillaries 

 black, with very broad and distinct bauds of white ; quills blaeki^h 

 below, with white bars on the inner web: "bill greenish; fiet 

 blackish lead-colour; iris red" (W Albert is). Total length 11 '5 

 inches, culmeu I"155, wing 5-7, tail '2 b., tarsus \"to, middle toe 1-9. 



