1-16 EALLID^. 



1 . Limnobaemis fuscus. 



Le Easle brun des Philippines, Briss. Orn. v. p. 173, pi. xv. lig. 2 

 (1760). 



Ealliis fuscus, Linn. Si/st. Nat. I p. 262 (1766) ; Gm. Syst. Nat. i. 

 J). 713 (1788). 



Rale brun des Philippines, Dauhent. PI. JEnl. ix. pi. 773. 



Le Tiklin brun, £uff. Hist. Nat. Ois. vi. p. 161 (1781). 



Brown Rail, Lath. Gen. Syn. iii. pt. 1, p. 233 (1785). 



Rallus rubiginosus, Tetmn. PI. Col. v. pi. 357 (1825). 



Zapornia flammiceps, Hodgs. Icon. i72ed. in Brit. Mus. GrallfP, 

 pi. 112. figs. 1, 2 (nos. 374, 375) ; id. in Gray''s Zool. Misc. p. 86 

 (1844). 



Ortygometra fusca, Gray, List Grallte Brit. Mus. p. 118 (1844). 



Ortygometra flammiceps, Gray, Cat. Mamm. etc. Nepal pres. Hodqs. 

 p". 142 (1846). 



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



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



Gallinula erythrnthorax, Temm. ^ Schl. Faun. Jap., Aves, p. 121, 

 pi. Ixxviii." (18.50). 



Euryzona rubiginosa, Bp. C. B. xliii. p. 599 (1856). 



Corethrura erythrothorax, Cass, in Perry's Exped. Japan, ii. p. 229 

 (1856). 



Purzana ervtbrothorax, Sivinh. Ibis, 1861, pp. 57, 411 (Canton, 

 Amoy) ; Blakist. Ibis, 1862, p. 331 (Japan) ; SwiiJi. P. Z. S. 1870, 

 p. 603; id. P.Z.S. 1871, p. 414; id. Ibis, 1674, j>. 163 (Hako- 

 dadi), 1875, p. 134 (Chefoo) ; David Sr Oust. Ois. Chine, p. 486 

 a877) ; Blakist. ^ Pryer, Ibis, 1878, p. 225 ; Blakist. Amended 

 List, p. 13 (1884) ; Stejn. Pr. U. S. Nat. Mus. ix. p. 398 (1880) ; 

 Styan, Ibis, 1891, pp. 329, 501 (Lower Yangtze, summer). 



Porzana fusca, S'tvinh. Ibis, 1863, p. 426 (Formosa) ; Jerd. B. Ind. 

 iii. p. 724 (1864) ; Blyth, Ibis, 1867, p. 171 ; Godiu.-Aust. J. A. S. 

 Bene/, xliii. pt. 2, p. 175 (1874 : Shillong) ; Hume, Str. F. iii. 

 p. 188 (1875) ; Blyth, B. Burm. p. 161 (1875) ; Wald. Trans. Z. 8. 

 ix. p. 230 (1875) ; Tiveedd. P. Z. S. 1878, p. 344 (N. Leyte, Sept.), 

 p. 953 (Zamboanga, April) ; Hume, Str. F. vii. p. 489 (1878 : 

 Calcutta); Legye, B. Cei/lon, y>. 769 (1879); Htime Sr Marshall, 

 Game B. Ind. i'i. p. 217 cum tab. (1879) ; Davids. Str. F. x.p.322 

 (1882 : Khandeish) ; Oafes, Handb. B. Brit. Burm. ii. p. 346 

 (1883) ; Davison, Str. F. x. p. 415 (1885 : Wynaad) ; Stejn. Proc. 

 U. S. Nat. Mus. xix. p. 399 (1886) ; Beid. Str. F. x. p. 453 (1887 : 

 Lucknow) ; Taylor, t. c. p. 466 (Manzeerabad) ; Hume, Str. F. xi. 

 p. 329 (not in Manipur) ; Oates, ed. Hume's Nests i^ Eygs, iii. 

 p. 396 (1890). 



Rallina fidiginosa. Gray, Hand-l. B. iii. p. 58, no. 10395 (1871). 



Rallina fusca, Schl. Mus. Pays-Bas, Ralli, p. 20 (1865) ; Gray, 

 Hand-l. B. iii. p. 68, no. 10391 (1871) ; Hume, Nests Sf Egys Ind. B. 

 p. 604 (1873) ; Salvad. JJcc. Born. p. 338 (1874) ; Anderson, Bep. 

 F.rped. Yunnan, Zool. p. 691 (1878) ; Hume Sj- Davison, Str. F. 

 vi. p. 467 (1878: not in Tenasserim) ; Hume, Str. F. viii. p. 113 

 (1879) ; Everett, Journ. Straits Branch As. Soc. 1889, p. 202. 



Limnobsenus rubiginosus, Stmdev. Av. Meth. Tent. p. 130 (1872). 



Crex fusca, Seebohm, Birds Japan. Emp. p. 357 (1890). 



Crex fusca erythrothorax, Seebohm, Ibis, 1892, p. 490 (Tsu-shima). 



Adult male. General colour above dark olive, the scapulars like 

 the back ; lower back, rump, and upper tail-coverts rather darker 



