124 KALLIB^. 



(1878) ; liosenh. Malay. Arch. p. 596 (1878) ; Salrad. Ann. Mus. 

 Genov. xviii. p. 320 (1882) ; id. Orn. Pajmasia, iii. p. 270 (1882); 

 ChiiUem. P. Z. S. 1885, p. 664, pi. xxxix. 

 Rallina rubra, Hosenb. Malay. Arch. p. 563 (1878-79). 



Adult male. General colour above nniform chestnut ; wing-coverts 

 and inner secondaries chestnut like the back, but with the black 

 shafts more distinctly indicated : bastard-wing black, with white 

 bars ; primary-coverts and quills blackish, barred with white on the 

 inner web ; tail-feathers uniform chestnut ; crown of head, sides of 

 face, and under surface of body uniform chestnut, rather brighter 

 than the upper surface. Total length 8 inches, culmen 1-1, 

 wing 3-8, tail 3-55, tarsus 1-55, middle toe and claw 1'5. {Mus. 

 Eothschild.) 



Hal. Arfak Mountains, N.W. New Guinea. 



2. Ealliciila leucospila. 



Corethriira (?) leucospila, Salrad. Ann. Mus. Genov. vii. p. 975 



(1875). 

 Eallicula leucospila, Salvad. Ann. Mm. Genov. xii. p. 346 (1878), 



xviii. p. 320 (1882) ; id. Orn. Papuasia, iii. p. 270 (1882). 



Adidt male. Head, fore part of neck, and chest chestnut-red ; 

 the crown and the hind neck blackish ; the back, the scapulars, and 

 the upper wing-coverts black, marked with longitudinal white 

 streaks on each web of the feathers ; rump, upper tail-coverts, 

 abdomen, under tail-coverts, and thighs reddish brown, barred 

 across with black ; quiUs dusky black, marked with whitish trans- 

 verse bands on the inner web ; under wing-coverts black, banded 

 across with white : tail chestnut with a few black bars, especially 

 towards the tip and on the outer tail-feathers. Total length 

 8-8 inches, culmen 0-95, wing 4, tail 2-65, tarsus 1-5. (Salvadori.) 



Adidt female. Similar to the male, but differing in having rounded 

 •white spots on the wing-coverts and scapulars, those on the wings 

 being reddish white ; the black transverse bars on the tail more 

 numerous than in the male. (Salvadori.) 



Hah. Arfak Mountains, N.W. New Guinea. 



3. Eallicula forhesi. 



Eallicula rubra {nee Sold.), Sharpc, Xafiire, xxxiv. p. 340 (1886). 

 Eallicula forbesi, Sharpe, in GouUTs B. New Guin. v. pi. 70 (1887) ; 

 Salvad. Agg. Orn. Pap. iii. p. 197 (1891). 



Adult male (type of species). General colour above black, inclu- 

 ding the wings, the quiUs having whitish bars on the inner webs ; 

 upper tail-coverts and tail deep chestnut barred with black, less 

 reo-ularly on the rectrices ; head all round, neck, and mantle, as well 

 as^the under surface of the body, deep rich chestnut ; the hinder 

 crown somewhat blackish ; lower abdomen, thighs, and lower flanks 



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