80 EALLIDJE. 



As a rule the bars on the abdomen arc distinctly fulvesccnt or 

 ochraceous, but a specimen from Port Moresby has the bars whitish 

 and also many of the upper tail-coverts blade. The Dorey specimen 

 and also the one from Duke of York Island are so similar to those 

 from Australia, that I cannot believe that the bird from S.E. New 

 Guinea will prove to be distinct. It is, however, desirable that 

 specimens from this part of Papuasia should be examined. 



Hah. X.E. Australia and Cape York peninsula ; Duke of York 

 Island ; New Guinea ; Mysol ; Waigiou ; Aru Islands. 



a. Ad. sk. Eockinghani Bay {E. P. Gould Coll. 



Ramsay), 

 h, c. Ad. sk. Port Deoison (J. T. Cockerell). Salvin-Godman Coll. 



d, e,/. Ad. sk. Cape York (J. T. Cockerell). Salvin-Godman Coll. 

 g, h. Ad. et iinm. Cape A'ork. Gould Coll. 



sk. 

 i. 5 ad. sk. Duke of Y'ork Island (G. Tweeddale Coll. 



Broivn). 

 k. Ad. sk. Port Moresby, S.E. New A. Goldie [C.]. 



Guinea. 

 ;. S ad. sk. Dorey. Wallace Coll. 



19. CASTANOLIMNAS. ^ 



Type. 

 Castanolimnas, SJiarpe, Bull. Brit. Orn. Club, no. v. 



p. xxviii (Jan. 1893) C canniugi. 



Eancje. The same as that of the single species. 



1. Castanolimnas canning!. 



Eurvzona canning!, iVyf/t, Ibis, 18G3, p. 119 (Andamans) : Bcav. Ibis, 

 1867, p. 333; Ball! J. A. S. Bemj. xli. p. 288 (1872 : Hopetown) ; 

 id. Sir. F. i. p. 86 (1873) ; Hume, Sir. F. ii. pp. 302, 500 (1874). 



PtaUina cnnnhigi,Grai/, Hand-l. B. iii. p. 58, no. 10398 (1871) ; Hume, 

 Sir. F. viii. p. 113 ( 1879) ; id. •Sf Marsh. Game Birds Ind. ii. p. 241 

 (1879) ; Oates, ed. Humes Nests 8f Egrjs Ind. B. iii. p. 398 (1890). 



Adult male. General colour above maroon-chestnut ; the wing- 

 coverts and inner secondaries like the back ; bastard-wing feathers 

 externally chestnut, blackish on the inner web with reddish-buff bars ; 

 primary-coverts reddish brown; quills blackish, externally rufous 

 with blackish bars, the outer web chequered with rufous spots, the 

 inner webs barred rather broadly with rufous-white bars, the 

 secondaries externally unspotted but barred on the inner web with 

 rufous bars ; tail chestnut ; entire head and neck as well as the 

 throat, fore neck, and chest maroon-chestnut like the back ; breast, 

 abdomen, sides of body, flanks, thighs, and under tail-coverts barred 

 with black and white, the bars much narrower on the latter portions 

 of the body; under wing-coverts and axillaries broadly barred with 

 black and white : " bill delicate pale green ; legs and feet olive- 

 green ; iris red " (i?. J. Wimherlei/). Total length ll-o inches, 

 culmen 1-25, wing 0-1, tail 3-25, tarsus 2. 



Ad^tlt female. Similar to the male in colour. Total length 12 

 inches, culmen 1-15, wing 6, tail o, tarsus 2. 



Hab. Confined to the Andaman Inlands. 



